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Moreover, to make it more realistic, Yang Qiu specifically selected a book that met the criteria and replaced it with the one he had put down.

In a practical sense, Laufey did indeed read the book, but only flipped through it casually.

After searching the library, Laufey pulled out a heavy book, opened its pages, and found four kinds of spiritual light shimmering inside.

The prototype of this book is the Book of Interpretation of the Elements that Zhao Ling'er brought back, and Yang Qiu made some slight modifications to its contents.

Looking through the directory, Laufey actually found a few names.

The four ancient elemental gods: Ornn, the Mountain-Hidden Flame; Volibear, the Undying Thunder; Anivia, the Ice Phoenix; and the Lava Giant.

There really is one?

Laufey glanced back at the book and seemed to vaguely recognize the author's name; he was an elder of the frost giants who died in the war against Asgard.

Although his combat strength was not high, this person had always been known as a wise elder within the Frost Giants.

As you continue reading, the book clearly states that before the giants took root in Jotunheim, the four elements of this galaxy were personified as the Four Elemental Gods, who had the responsibility of maintaining the balance of the elements.

Under their protection, the giants began to thrive on the planet.

These four elemental deities are all relatively friendly towards the giants. Even Volibear, who has the worst temper, will step in to protect the giants when disaster strikes.

Feelings... I got beaten up, and now I have to owe them a debt of gratitude?

Laufee found it increasingly baffling.

The book also states that the original Frost Giants regarded Anivia as their protector, and during the primitive era, they performed many sacrificial rituals for Anivia.

However, Anivia, as a non-belief native god, took the initiative to explain everything after the Frost Giants grew up. Under her intervention, the Frost Giants' banner gradually evolved from a phoenix with outstretched wings into its later form.

The same thing happened to other giants.

The mountain giants initially worshipped the lava behemoth, the storm giants initially worshipped Volibear, and the fire giants initially worshipped Ornn.

Chapter 388 If you can't refute someone's arguments, attack them on their character and moral integrity.

The next morning, Mo Ling stood at the foot of Dushi Mountain, full of energy. Although he had only slept for an hour or two, he was so excited that he was not sleepy at all.

After all these years, the mountain giants are finally going to rise up and take control!

According to Mo Ling's estimation, Laufey, that arrogant, domineering, and dictatorial guy, definitely wouldn't get along with Anivia and Murphy, and he certainly wouldn't back down. The conflict between them would only intensify.

At that time, with three against one, plus the other giant races that are observing, the Frost Giants might be able to slip from their current absolute advantage in Jotunheim to a relative advantage. Then, the other giants, united, will have a say.

Halfway there, with this thought in mind, Mo Ling realized something was wrong. Murphy's snoring was incessant, which didn't sound like something an elemental creature could make. Ah, that's all fine. The important thing is that judging from the snoring, Murphy was still fast asleep.

A few minutes later, Murphy reached the top of the monolith, where Murphy curled up and remained.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Mo Ling reached out to wake Mofitt.

"Stop what you're doing if you don't want to provoke him." Anivia's voice was accompanied by an ice wall blocking Mo Ling's hand.

Malphite's morning grumpiness is exponentially cumulative; repeatedly waking him from sleep prematurely will cause this gentle elemental god to reveal the violent side of earth, volcanoes, and other elements.

“Just wait, it’s halftime. It knows what’s going on. According to its usual pattern, it will wake up once every few days,” Anivia continued, the ice phoenix perched on the edge of the mountaintop as it spoke, its eyes fixed on the direction of the frost giant’s lair.

Since Anivia had said so, Moring didn't bother her any further. After leaving, he also moved some of the warriors of the nearby mountain giants a little further away to prevent them from unintentionally interfering with Morphite.

Inside the Frost Giants' library, Laufee read the entire book through the night. Combined with his brief encounter with Malphite and Anivia yesterday, he had a general idea of ​​what to expect.

In a one-on-one situation, Laufey's win rate against Malphite and Anivia, who are not at their peak, is over 90%. In a one-on-two situation, his win rate drops to 50%. And most importantly, these elemental gods are practically immortal to a certain extent.

So after calculating the simple win rate, Laufey directly replaced their characters with Hela from Asgard, since he had actually fought Hela to the death, and having a template would make it easier to understand.

These highly immortal beings are the most annoying. When Asgard was conquering the Nine Realms, Hela was almost killed. However, it didn't take long. She only needed to return to Asgard once, and a few days later, Hela would be back to her peak condition. This version of Hela caused unimaginable damage to the giant alliance at the time.

Another point is that Hela's full health point is in Asgard, which is quite far from Jotunheim. During wartime, using the Rainbow Bridge to travel is barely considered fast, but the elemental gods' resurrection point is in Jotunheim. Is it any faster than that? If they really become mortal enemies, who knows where these things will resurrect after being killed once, and how much unexpected damage they will bring to the Frost Giants.

When Lauf was considering this, he didn't even bother to think about the likely period of weakness that Malphite and the others would experience after their resurrection. After all, there were more than just the two elemental gods currently in existence. Although they hadn't appeared yet, once they returned, the situation would be completely disrupted.

They've known each other for countless millennia. If the two who went out return to find their old friend in trouble, they'll most likely take direct action against the Frost Giant. Laufey isn't confident that his charm can change their stance in an instant.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that reconciling with the elemental gods and reaching a treaty acceptable to both sides is the best option.

Over the years, Laufey has been using the elements of Jotunheim to create a home-field advantage, and now he's contacting Thanos, all to avenge the Asgardian War and, incidentally, to remove the label of "vassal" from Jotunheim.

Now, Laufey felt that with the addition of four elemental gods in Jotunheim, he could openly discard the name of vassal. As for revenge, Asgard's decline was unstoppable, so why was Laufey in such a hurry? He had already waited for thousands of years, so what did it matter if he waited for a few hundred more?

After thinking it through, the situation became clear. If they cooperated with Thanos and succeeded, the Frost Giants' population would be reduced by at least half. On the road to success, they would also have to face several top opponents, including the Human Alliance and Asgard. Now they would have to fight the four elemental gods. With so many foreseeable battles, not to mention the chances of winning them all, casualties were inevitable.

If we don't cooperate with Thanos, our main enemy will still be Asgard. At most, we can team up with the Human Alliance, which will act out of a common defense policy, but it won't be a full-scale attack. In fact, if the Frost Giants aren't too aggressive, the pressure on the Human Alliance won't be too great, and we can even ease the tension with the four elemental gods.

No matter how I think about it, I feel that the second option is better.

Three days after Rauf made his decision, the portal set up by Thanos's forces lit up. As soon as Corvus Glaive emerged, he saw Rauf, fully armed, standing at the portal entrance, quietly watching him.

"It's been a long time. My lord asked me to convey his greetings to you, Giant King," General Corvus Glaive said with a slight bow.

“I’ve thought about all those things you mentioned last time, and I’ve decided to refuse them all. You can go back now,” Lao Fei said crisply.

"Of course, everything is up to your will." General Corvus Glaive seemed unsurprised by Laufey's choice. "However, my lord asked me to pass on a message to you: that ice phoenix is ​​affiliated with the Human Alliance. Don't be easily deceived."

"What did you say?" Lao Fei took two steps forward and looked down at Corvus Glaive, asking him. As soon as Corvus Glaive uttered those words, all sorts of conspiracies began to churn in Lao Fei's mind, and the choice he was originally prepared to make became uncertain.

General Corvus Glaive reached out and presented various pieces of circumstantial evidence, all of which were true and could indeed explain the relationship between Anivia and the Human Alliance to some extent.

When carrying out this mission, Yang Qiu did consider erasing these traces. However, everything leaves a trace, and the more you do, the more traces you leave. Thanos, Mephisto, and their large group of subordinates are not easy to deal with and cannot be easily fooled. In the end, the attempt to conceal the truth might backfire.

Therefore, it's better to be open and aboveboard, without being deliberate, and just put these traces in the open without any explanation. The elemental goddess Anivia of Jotunheim cannot have any connection with the human race.

Seeing Laufey deep in thought, Corvus Glaive breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the intelligence work on the Supergiant was done well, otherwise there would have been trouble again.

"If you find it inconvenient to take action, I'm willing to help you resolve this issue," General Corvus Glaive continued, his choice of words quite deliberate, a rather pretentious display.

"No need, it's an internal matter, and it's not convenient for others to interfere!" Lao Fei waved and left.

The general behind him, Corvus Glaive, lowered his head slightly in satisfaction. Although Lao Fei had not made his attitude clear, at least he had not asked him to leave, which in itself said something.

Rumble rumble rumble~

The sound of the earth trembling slowly came over. Lao Fei looked up in that direction and saw that Murphy's huge body was approaching. Anivia was circling around Murphy, while Mo Ling was hiding somewhere. It was really hard for this old man to hide his more than 20-meter-tall body so well that Lao Fei couldn't see it. It was not easy.

“I think we should contact Volibear and Ornn again. Maybe they’ll be back soon?” Murphy said to Anivia as they walked.

The main problem was that Anivia's sudden decision was unacceptable to Malphite. Anivia actually planned to forcibly strip Laufey of his leadership and then temporarily assume power as an elemental god. This was something that had never happened before, as an elemental god directly interfering in the government of intelligent life.

“We can’t wait any longer. You can feel it too; the elements here are extremely unbalanced. We must take responsibility,” Anivia said earnestly.

"Well, we can discuss things," Murphy said, still not entirely in favor.

Do you think he might agree?

"Maybe..."

As he spoke, Murphy stopped, and Laufey, carrying his weapons, stood casually a few hundred meters in front of them, as if waiting for them to come over.

Anivia hovered and landed on Murphy's shoulder, and the two faced off like that.

"Before I respond to your request, I have a few questions for you." Laufey directly presented Anivia with the evidence given to him by General Corvus Glaive. "First, where are the other two Elemental Gods? Second, what are these? Have you joined the Human Alliance?"

Anivia was very dissatisfied, her wings fluttering slightly, as if she was about to launch an attack.

Murphy reached out to comfort Anivia and spoke up, "Voliber and Orn are probably still somewhere else in the universe. After all, not all of them like sleeping as much as I do. Anivia only recently returned from another star system. As for these things you threw out, I don't quite understand them, but Anivia did join the Human Federation while passing through the solar system, if I remember correctly~"

Murphy asked Anivia a question, but Anivia turned her head away, too lazy to speak, which meant that she was right.

Murphy and Anivia's candor made Laufee feel uneasy again. "Then, how can an elemental god of Jotunheim join the Human Alliance?"

"Why not?" Murphy asked, looking confused, answering for Anivia.

Is it possible?

"Can't I?"

...

After repeating this several times, Laufey had to confirm one thing: in the minds of Malphite and Anivia, joining the Human Alliance was really not a big deal. It just meant that Anivia wasn't passing through Asgard, otherwise it was possible that she would have stayed in Asgard for hundreds of years.

“If you don’t intend to give up your alliance with Thanos, and you don’t intend to give up interfering with the elements, then there’s nothing more to say.” Anivia was the first to show signs of impatience.

Murphy quickly tried to smooth things over, still feeling it was inappropriate for the elemental gods to force Rauf to relinquish his power. "Elemental balance is extremely important; imbalance will bring great disaster, and at the same time..."

As Malphite was explaining, Corvus Glaive suddenly appeared, "Great Giant King, they stood aside during that war, yet now they're trying to force us to abdicate. It's simply unbelievable that they would do something like this."

Corvus Glaive attempted to directly instill in Laufey the view that Anivia and Malphite were enemies, thus disrupting the conversation.

Murphy was getting angry. He stomped his massive body on the ground, cracking the hard ice. "Murphy hates being interrupted!"

Lauf also frowned; General Corvus Glaive's antics made him very uncomfortable.

Anivia glanced at General Corvus Glaive and turned her head away disdainfully. "In the Human Alliance, I've heard a saying: when people can't refute others' arguments, they often resort to attacking others' character and virtue to diminish the validity of their arguments."

Lao Fei thought it made some sense. They hadn't even discussed whether allying with Thanos was right or wrong; they were talking about elemental balance. What nonsense was Corvus Glaive spouting?

“I remember telling you that this is an internal matter of Jotunheim, and you have no right or position to interfere!” Rauf rebuked.

Corvus Glaive was stunned. He wasn't good at this kind of verbal debate. He wasn't Ebony Maw, who was already dead. If it were Ebony Maw, he could have twisted the truth and used various methods to distort Anivia and Malphite's meaning, but he didn't have that ability.

The few words he's saying now were drafts prepared for him by the superstars. But now that the situation has changed, Corvus Glaive doesn't know what to say.

However, Corvus Glaive knew one thing: he couldn't let this conversation continue, or the situation would only get worse.

General Corvus Glaive tapped his arm twice with his finger bones. Suddenly, a figure flashed behind him, and a spear-like weapon transformed into three streaks of light, piercing directly through Malphite's head.

The next second, Proxima Midnight detached from Corvus Glaive's body. Bound together by the supergiant star, the two became one, and thus remained unnoticed by everyone present.

Snapped!

The ground beneath Corvus Glaive's feet suddenly shifted, and a leg lashed out, striking Corvus Glaive in the chin and sending him flying into the air.

Mo Ling had been waiting here for a long time, and when Proxima Midnight made her move, he immediately launched a counterattack.

Murphy clenched his fist and punched Corvus Glaive in the sky, sending it flying. At the same time, the head that had been pierced by Proxima Midnight slowly returned to its original shape.

A faint red light flowed from Malphite's body; the sneak attack by Proxima Midnight had thoroughly enraged him.

Anivia did not make a move directly, but instead focused her attention on Laufey. If Laufey showed any intention of helping General Corvus Glaive and his companion, she would immediately list him as an enemy as well.

Chapter 389 Unstoppable!

When Lauf made his move on Proxima Midnight, he was momentarily stunned, then a surge of anger welled up inside him. Did these guys think this place was one of those amusement parks that Thanos had conquered?!

"Do you want to die?!" The glaciers around Laufe exploded as he spoke, directly engulfing Proxima Midnight, which remained in place.