Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 868 The Curse is Lifted, Meeting Frey
"boom--!!"

The power of this attack was earth-shattering, combining the rocks and thorns that Nidhogg had inhaled, and more importantly, containing a large amount of World Tree power.

This "cannonball" is enough to completely tear space apart, leaving a boundary rift that will be difficult to heal for hundreds of years!

Aiji's expression changed slightly, but seeing that Li You didn't make any move, she calmed down.

Meanwhile, in the sky above, Yuzu showed no intention of avoiding the attack, and besides, it didn't have enough time to dodge. So, with a roar, it suddenly swooped down!

"Boom--!!"

A violent explosion resounded across the sky, and indigo light rippled outwards, spreading to the far distance. The abandoned village and the vast jungle beyond were all tinged with a bluish-purple hue.

Nidhogg was shaken by the impact of the attack, his body trembling as he gripped the ground with both feet to support himself.

It looked up at the sky and saw a huge black shadow swooping down amidst the spreading debris!

"boom!!"

With a muffled thud, Nidhogg felt its head jolt as it was slammed to the ground by a tremendous force, and an aura that terrified it filled the space.

"Roar--!!"

From Li You's perspective, Yuzu had already transformed into a three-headed dragon and was pinning Nidhogg under its feet.

Although his massive body was enveloped in a dense indigo light, his rock-like scales completely blocked this powerful energy from his body, preventing it from causing any harm to his main body.

Then, Yuzu flapped its four wings, and an invisible wave spread out, dispelling all the spatial power that was lingering above the ground.

Of course, Yuzu doesn't have spatial abilities, so he dispersed that power, letting it scatter into the sky above Vanaheim.

When this concentrated force is broken down into smaller and larger parts and spreads far enough, it will naturally not tear space apart and form troublesome giant rifts between realms.

Nidhogg still tried to resist, its tail whipping through the rift and lunging at Yuzu. But Yuzu's left head snapped down, biting down precisely on Nidhogg's long tail.
Nidhogg let out a long hiss, but it was no use in breaking free. The left side of the head yanked and swung, ripping off Nidhogg's long tail!
"Awooooo—!!"

Nidhogg screamed and struggled desperately, but then a massive gravitational field pressed down, immobilizing its movements.

Yuzu let out a low growl, releasing a powerful bolt of lightning that pierced through Nidhogg's entire body, paralyzing its ability to resist.

Then, Yuzu also released Nidhogg.

Li You and Edge then jumped down from the plaza and arrived in front of Yuzu and Nidhogg. The gravity field just now was naturally not created by V, but by Li You.

Seeing Nidhogg, who had lost the ability to resist but whose eyes still gleamed with ferocity, Li You's eyes flickered, and he swung out a huge flaming sword light with his backhand!

"call out--"

With a soft sound, Nidhogg's claws at the tips of his arms were completely severed by the sword light!

As a result, Nidhogg lost its claws and tail spikes, and was suppressed by the gravity field, leaving it with no power to resist.

With a few clicks, Nidhogg's claws hit the ground, and Li You reached out and grabbed the thick, sharp claws, as well as the huge tail that had been torn off by Yuzu and covered in irregular thorns, all in mid-air.

The severed claw was alright, but the tail was even bigger than Li Youren's, and the muscles at the severed end were still twitching.

But Li You only glanced at them, without injecting any magic to compress them, and directly stuffed them into his system inventory.

The current system backpack can hold much more items than before.

Li You looked at Nidhogg's true form again, and after a moment's thought, he felt that perhaps it would be better to deal with it.

Odin knew Nidhogg's nature well and seemed able to tamper with the roots of the World Tree without the dragon's knowledge.

Given this, if Nidhogg is kept, Odin might use its properties again during Ragnarok to stop the combined forces of the Nine Realms.

Then, another flaming sword light emerged from Li You's hand, and as he raised his arm, he was about to slash down at Nidhogg.

But just then, Yuzu suddenly let out a low roar and transmitted her consciousness to Li You through the mental link. Li You was startled, and seemed to remember something, causing the sword light in his hand to pause.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he dispelled the gravity field and summoned the dragon phantom again.

The phantom itself didn't move, but with a flap of its pair of dragon wings, invisible spatial fluctuations instantly spread out, surging around the plaza.

The spatial barrier here was immediately weakened, and then, around Nidhogg, a large number of small dimensional rifts were torn open, and one by one, "lizards" similar in appearance to it but much smaller, only about a meter long, crawled out of the rifts and climbed onto Nidhogg.

The little lizards looked at Li You and Youzi, their spines standing on end, clearly terrified, yet they still hissed at them.

Li You glanced at the panting lizards, then looked up at the pomelo beside him, and understood his thoughts: "You sensed these little things, so you want me to let Nidhogg go?"

Yuzu looked down at him, and the ancient dragon head in the middle nodded gently.

These little "lizards" are Nidhogg's children. Although small in size, they, like Nidhogg, live on the roots of the World Tree and also have the talent to travel through space.

It was Yuzu's reminder that made Li You realize there was even a side quest in the game: Sindri's landlord, Ratatoskr the squirrel, asked Kratos to capture all the little dragons that had been roaming the Nine Realms after Nidhogg's death, having lost their control.

In the new God of War, Nidhogg not only transforms from a devourer of the World Tree's roots into its protector, but also gains the added role of a single mother.

Yuzu noticed the little dragons who were trying to tear through space to reach their mother, which is why she stopped Li You from killing Nidhogg.

Li You immediately understood Yuzu's thoughts. He looked at Nidhogg again and smiled, "Alright, since you can't bear it, Yuzu, then we'll let her go. Anyway, she can't stop Freya from lifting the curse now."

As for whether Odin would use Nidhogg again during Ragnarok, Li You thought about it and realized that it wasn't impossible to avoid, it would just be more troublesome.
However, since Yuzu had offered her opinion, Li You naturally wouldn't dismiss it; a little trouble was fine.

Nidhogg in the new God of War universe isn't exactly a ferocious beast, so let's just keep her.

So at this moment, Li You waved his hand, and the newly appeared little dragons were all suppressed by the gravity field and could not move, but the flaming sword light in his hand dissipated.

Yuzu's figure flickered a few times, quickly shrank, and returned to human form, coming to Li You's side.

The three of them waited only a moment before they heard Freya's cry, which sounded like both crying and laughing, coming from inside the stone house.

Get off me!

Along with that, there was a faint sound of tree roots snapping. Li You glanced at Nidhogg, whose body was tense, and understood that Freya had apparently broken the curse on her.

So he left Yuzu and Edge to guard Nidhogg, while he himself flew into the air and landed back at the entrance of the stone house.

Upon arriving here, he saw Freya kneeling where the roots of the World Tree had once been knotted, her hands supporting her on the ground, emitting soft sobs.

The tangled mass of tree roots in front of her had long since disappeared, leaving only fragmented sections on the ground.

V stood at the door, saying nothing. When Li You returned, he only gestured to him with his eyes.

Li You nodded, took two steps forward without hiding his intention, and whispered, "Freya?"

Freya heard him approaching, and she slightly propped herself up, letting out a long breath, but remained kneeling on the ground.

"You succeeded," Li You said.

Freya nodded reluctantly, about to say something, when she noticed the change in herself.

She raised her hands, and the magical runes engraved on her bare arms emitted a pale blue light, transforming into light-colored specks that detached from her body.

Freya involuntarily stood up, feeling the curse depart.

When the light spots finally dissipated, the magical runes on Freya's body also disappeared, leaving only a barely visible trace.

She gently raised her head, closed her eyes slightly, opened her arms, and felt the freedom she had been away from for hundreds of years.

At this time, Li You naturally wouldn't disturb her.

In the game, this is the moment when Kratos and Freya completely put aside their differences and reconcile.

Having broken free from the curse, Freya was freed from the shackles of the past and rediscovered herself, naturally setting her sights on Odin for revenge.

However, this step is unnecessary at the moment. Freya has already come to terms with the past grievances and understands exactly what she should do.

So after briefly experiencing the freedom she had been away from for so long, Freya immediately composed herself and looked at Li You.

She wiped away the remaining tears on her face and said calmly, "Thank you for your help. I am finally free, and Odin will eventually pay the price for everything he did to me."

Although the knot in her heart had long been untied, Freya's mind seemed to have become even sharper after the curse was lifted.

Before Li You could even bring it up, she had already told him what she was going to do next.

"The forests of Vanaheim are still occupied by Odin's heroic warriors, but with you here, it would actually be to our advantage if Odin didn't withdraw them."

“I can’t stay here forever, and Wanaheim needs someone to lead it. I originally wanted to find my brother, Ingvi, and have him take on the responsibility of leading Wanaheim.”

"But in comparison, Ingvi also has another task to shoulder, which is to go to Alfheim and bring the light elves and dark elves into our camp."

Freya paused, then said, "So what we need to do now is to defeat the army of the Elves of Vanaheim and drive out Odin's pawns, so that Ingve will have a chance to go to Alfheim and unite the Elves."

She seemed to be talking to herself, yet she was also conducting a rigorous analysis. After saying this, Freya looked at Li You: "It seems we need to fight a small-scale battle first. Shall we go see Ingvi?"

Li You was taken aback, then couldn't help but exclaim, "As expected of you. I only briefly mentioned our strategic goals before, but you've already made everything we need to do clear in just a few words."

"It seems that the wise and mighty Valkyrie Queen has returned in full force."

Freya smiled and said, "I just deduced the most suitable course of action based on the current situation. You set the overall strategy, and I can't find any fault with it, so let's proceed according to your plan."

After agreeing on their plan, the two did not delay and immediately prepared to search Frey's camp.

When Freya emerged from the stone house and saw Nidhogg bound in the plaza below, she was somewhat surprised, but after hearing Li You's explanation, she immediately understood.

Freya immediately suggested, "Since you don't want to kill her, but also hope she won't cause trouble on the battlefield in the future, you can go to Ratatoskr. That squirrel knows Nidhogg very well, he probably has a way."

This was indeed a good idea. Li You immediately nodded and used the system's mailbox function, which was actually just using a wooden mailbox, to send a message to Tyr.

Li You was most at ease leaving the aftermath of Nidhogg to this God of War.

He quickly received a reply from Tyr, who said that he had spoken with Ratatosk and that the other party would be coming to take over soon.

And the squirrel did arrive quickly; almost as soon as Li You and his group finished reading the letter, Ratatosk teleported there through the rift in the World Tree.

This squirrel, who claims to be everyone's landlord, is one of the world's earliest inhabitants, just like Nidhogg.

Ratatoskr was also very familiar with Nidhogg's situation. After arriving with his emotional clones, he and his clones chattered incessantly while taking over the cleanup work for Nidhogg from Li You.

"Leave this to me, I'll calm this lady down."

Since Ratatosk had said so, Li You and Freya naturally had no objections and left without worry.

It goes without saying what to do next. Yuzu transformed into a dragon and carried the group through the forests of Vanaheim.

Freya was very familiar with the settlements where her people had lived in the past, and the heroic warriors had occupied these kinds of places.

So the group flew to the village ruins one by one, and then together they took action to eliminate all the heroic soldiers entrenched in the villages.

Of course, given the size of Vanaheim, it's impossible for them to wipe out the entire army of Heroic Spirits on their own.

Li You and his group acted so conspicuously for two reasons: firstly, to take advantage of the situation and eliminate some of Odin's henchmen; and secondly, to attract the attention of Frey's group.

The current leader of the Vanaheim resistance seems to be quite competent. When Li You and his group cleared the third village stronghold, Edge, who had been paying close attention to the surroundings, noticed something and gave a warning.

Li You casually commanded the Undying Dragon to devour the last heroic spirit soldier on this side, and then looked up in the direction that Edge had pointed out. Sure enough, he saw a light blue wooden boat slowly descending from the sky.

Ships really can fly, at least this one can.

Skidplatne, a magical sailing ship owned by Frey, the god of fertility, capable of sailing through the sky.

The sailboat flew above the crowd, and a handsome young man leaned out of the boat and shouted to the people below:
Hey! Who are you people?

(End of this chapter)