Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 87 Death Comes to the World (3 more)
Back at the Silver Palace, Thor excitedly found Tang Si and said, "Father, you are so strong? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Please wrestle with me more often!"

Towns was speechless.

As a father, I have not wrestled with the giantess in recent years, so why would I wrestle with your stinky, stupid son? What do I want?
Of course, Downs would not discourage Thor, and said calmly: "This is just another use of the power of the earth."

After Towns explained, Thor was speechless.

The reason why Downs can exert such a powerful force is that he uses the Sword of Jotunheim as a medium to continuously mobilize the power of the earth in Jotunheim. His strength depends on how much power of the earth he mobilizes.

"Father, aren't you kidding me?"

"Oh? Then Hrungnir's metal skin isn't just a trick? How can a frost giant be born with stone or even metal skin? He can use the power of the earth to strengthen his internal organs, muscles, and bones, so I can't use the power of the earth to suppress him?"

Thor was speechless.

It sounds like two incarnations of the earth are fighting each other, and whoever can use more power of the earth will win.

Thor understood why Hrungnir was willing to surrender.

"Father, if I use this trick..."

"Yes! Theoretically, your power can also be unlimited. But remember, whether it is the Aesir or the giant, there is a limit to the power that can be stored in the body. The more you store the power of the earth, the less the power of thunder will become, and the less pure it will be."

"what!"

"Remember, you are the God of Thunder, not the God of Hammers, and certainly not Hercules."

"Thank you for your advice." Thor bowed humbly.

Looking at Thor's departing back, Downs couldn't help but think of the battle between Thor and Hrungnir in the epic:
The strongest giant on earth found that the Aesir gods were not fighting and were ready to beat him to death, so he proposed to fight again the next day. In order not to be killed by those despicable Aesir gods led by Odin, he found the witch among the giants and made a fake giant to fight for him. As a result, after Thor broke the flint club of the fake giant, many fragments flew into Thor's head.

Even though Thor later asked the witch to remove some of the fragments with a spell, Thor still suffered a headache, which directly reduced the upper limit of Thor's strength. This battle can be said to have killed zero enemies and lost 800 of his own. In the Dusk incident, the Aesir were shocked to see the "resurrected" Hrungnir on the opposite side.

In this life, Towns helped Thor avoid a calamity.

Just one year after Towns dealt with the strongest giant on earth, he finally received a new signal.

On this day, the sky over Jotunheim suddenly turned pitch black.

A moment ago, the palace on the top of the mountain was shrouded in a perpetually cold fog. This tower, built under the personal supervision of Odin, stood in the cold wind.

Together with the replica of Odin's Palace on the opposite hill, it watches over the glacial plains to the north - where the cow Odumbra is constantly scaring the Aesir, and you never know what she will lick out next.

Although a large number of frost giants and mountain giants who have sworn allegiance to the Aesir live in Jotunheim, this land of ice and snow is too vast and sparsely populated, and most of the time it looks deserted and lonely.

The palace gate suddenly opened wide, and the strange silence was broken by the sound of a servant knight's hurried horse hooves.

Inside the palace, Loki looked at his lover Angrboda, who was in great pain and sweating, with an apologetic look on his face. "My dear, it seems that this child can't escape the surveillance of the Aesir like Jörmungandr did. He or she is likely to be a true god."

The giantess forced a smile. "Isn't that good? Every Aesir is irreplaceable. Giving birth to a true god will also help improve your status among the Aesir, right? Now let's see who dares to slander you as just a giant."

Loki's smile was forced.

He has several titles among the Aesir: God of Fire, God of Trickery, and God of Intrigue.

He claimed these titles for himself, but the pure-blooded Aesir did not recognize them.

The only ones who truly recognized these titles were the Aesir gods who had the bloodline of giants.

This is what Towns made the decision back then: "Whether someone is a true God or not is not determined by bloodline, it is the choice of the world's will!" The fact that Towns, the God King, is willing to recognize him is Loki's greatest comfort.

Loki was so smart, how could he not know that his throne was already in danger? He sighed and said, "Let's see how Odin reacts first."

Even if the relationship has fallen to a freezing point, Loki is still Odin's subordinate god in name. If this relationship is not broken, Loki needs to continue to show his loyalty to Odin.

At the same time, a strange news spread in Jotunheim.

Some of the giants killed by Odin are being resurrected. Hundreds of giants are gathering in the form of the dead and are about to form a large army and march towards Odin's fortress.

This news made Odin very uneasy.

In his opinion, the boundary between the living and the dead is quite blurred. His eldest brother has the priesthood of [Death], which can keep the brave mortal warriors who died as heroic spirits to continue to serve his eldest brother.

If this newly born true God has the ability to resurrect the dead, wouldn't that conflict with the eldest brother's priesthood?
Odin felt that the wheel of fate seemed to be starting to roll forward again.

Odin was both excited and nervous.

Odin is determined to protect this new god, a priesthood that can shake the foundation of his elder brother's rule.

Especially after receiving the notice from Loki's servants, Odin immediately rode on his divine horse and took his son Bragi, the god of poetry, to visit Loki. He made up his mind to bless Loki as soon as possible.

However, before entering Loki's palace, Odin was slightly startled.

He saw the corpse of a giant guarding the gate of the palace.

Correct!
Corpse!

The cold weather prevented the corpse from rotting, and although the giant's wrinkled features could not be used as evidence, the huge hole in his chest over his heart was the work of the Eternal Spear.

The giant's dead fish eyes looked dull. Unexpectedly, he took two steps back and made way.

Odin was extremely surprised: "Is this... the power of death?"

He was like this, and Braki was even more worried.

He immediately saw several mortal servants belonging to Loki. They saluted Odin with trembling teeth: "Great Lord Odin, Master Loki is waiting for you inside."

"What happened?" Odin asked.

The servant dared not answer: "You can see it when you go in."

After entering the hall, Odin took a first look and breathed a sigh of relief on the spot.

She was a pretty little goddess, with a chubby, delicate appearance, and she was obviously a beauty at first glance.

After taking a second look, Odin was almost frightened to death.

What kind of monster is this?
The left half of her body was skinless, with only dry muscles, and a bloodshot eye without eyelids that was moving around woodenly. Her left arm and left leg were curled up like a dead baby.

On the right is the goddess, on the left is the evil spirit.

Perfect elegance and extreme ugliness are combined in a half-and-half way.

This is so ironic.

(End of this chapter)