The Warrior of Love

However, although Jiang Liu had a good idea, he soon encountered the first obstacle.

"No passage here!"

When Jiang Liu came to a towering gate embedded in the mountain wall, the stone statues on the left and right sides of the gate suddenly "came to life".

The huge body expanded with a cracking sound, and ice and snowflakes fell with it. After a shaking, its true appearance was revealed.

They were actually two "giants"!

It looked no different from the frost giant Jiang Liu had seen before, but it was twenty meters tall and level with the mountain gate.

And... they can actually talk!

Holding an ice spear that was as heavy as a sledgehammer, the giant cast his eyes on the two tiny guys on the ground. He paused slightly when he glanced at Ortlinde, but soon focused on Jiang Liu.

"The gods are ahead."

"This is the Gate of the Dead."

"You are not allowed to enter."

"If you don't want to give up——"

"You need to bet your life!"

The two giants talked to each other, seemingly not caring about Jiang Liu's origins and purpose. They just mechanically read out the lines to complete their work.

At this time, the Valkyrie with short black hair whispered behind Jiang Liu.

"They are the survivors of the last era: Og and Odell, the youngest sons of the giants Laufey and Fatib. Unlike the giants wandering in the wild, they still retain the ancient wisdom... They are stronger than me, and among the Valkyries, only Slud should be able to defeat them."

"The surviving frost giants?" Jiang Liu raised his eyebrows, "Doesn't that mean they are close to being gods?"

Ortlinde nodded: "You could say that."

Norse mythology basically tells the story of gods and giants, but there is no clear dividing line between the two. In a broad sense, the gods are also giants.

The mother of Odin, the king of gods, was a giantess.

However, unlike many later film and television works and legendary novels, which portray giants as dirty and stupid, with no advantages other than their immense strength, the giants in mythology have a certain level of civilization and wisdom, otherwise they would not have been able to fight against the gods for so long.

However, they were no match for Odin, who had obtained "Wisdom (Runes)", and the gods, who had enslaved the dwarves and obtained weapons.

After being in this world for so long, Jiang Liu roughly guessed that this was the world after Ragnarok. He just didn't know why it didn't perish and usher in a new world as in the myth, but instead just lingered on like this.

Those giants roaming the wild were all born after dusk. They have completely lost their past glory and civilization and have become no different from wild beasts.

But the two guarding the gate here are relics of an ancient species and should not be underestimated.

"I'm not here to fight!"

Using magic power to amplify his voice, Jiang Liu spoke loudly.

"If this is the palace where the goddess lives, then please forgive my rudeness. My hometown is the "other world" that is approaching here at this moment. If we do nothing, both of us will be destroyed in less than half a month.

I came here to find a solution. As long as both of us work together, we can definitely solve this problem!"

After saying that, Jiang Liu waited for a while, but still got no response, which made his brows slowly furrowed.

Ortlinde, who knew something about the situation, had a gloomy look in her eyes, because she knew that Jiang Liu's plan would not succeed.

【Guests from a foreign land. 】

Finally, a slightly cold and ethereal voice came from inside the gate, which cheered Jiang Liu up.

However, what she said made Jiang Liu feel deeply disappointed.

[Thank you for your kindness, but I refuse. The opposition between these two worlds is determined by fate.]

"What do you mean?"

[Since the reflection of the world appeared, I have searched every corner of this world, but I have not found the culprit that caused all this. In the end, it can only be attributed to a natural phenomenon, a natural disaster that no one can stop. ]

"This……"

[Collision is inevitable. As long as the mystery of the worlds approaching each other cannot be solved, I will never stand on the same side with you.

Compared to ours, your world is stronger and has a greater chance of survival, while we have almost no hope. There is only one way for my "children" to survive-】

A giant's eyes suddenly moved slightly, and he raised the spear in his hand without hesitation, and smashed it down at Jiang Liu like a sledgehammer, even sparing Ortlinde who was next to him!

boom! !

The power of the God-age Titan was extraordinary. With one blow, the entire mountain seemed to tremble, and the hard rock layer suddenly cracked and gaps extended forward.

[That is to destroy your civilization in advance and let us replace it. ]

At this time, the goddess' voice finally came.

The ice giant exhaled a long breath of cold air, his expression full of confidence. He had no doubt that Jiang Liu had been turned into a pile of meat paste under his spear.

However, the snow dust slowly fell down, and when the vision became clear, the giant was surprised to find that his spear did not actually fall to the ground, but was caught by an ordinary hand.

The man stood on the ground and raised his hand to stop the ice spear's heavy blow. Countless cracks spread out from under his feet, but he himself seemed to be stronger than the rock and had no damage at all... Logically speaking, even if he could not be killed, he should be smashed into the ground.

Ortlinde also stood aside, her eyes filled with helplessness and relief, as if she knew from the beginning that this attack could not hurt Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu was unaware of the huge mass of the ice spear, and a gloomy look appeared on his face. The goddess's answer was beyond his expectations, and his plan had come to nothing.

"Is it impossible to stop it? Haha, then there is nothing I can do..."

The man suddenly laughed cheerfully, holding up the ice spear and whispered to the giant.

"roll……"

As the word came down, invisible energy hit the giant's body, knocking the twenty-meter-tall behemoth flying and crashing into the mountain wall!

Chapter 782: Valkyrie Regiment

"boom!"

When the strong wind blew past his ears, Odell came to his senses and realized what had happened.

"Brother... Damn it! You bastard!"

The furious giant raised his weapon. Being closer to gods than the fantasy species, they were born with the power to control natural elements. This action immediately stirred up a strong wind, which was mixed with sharp ice spikes and wrapped around the spear, and then fell down with a bang!

The exploding wind pressure roared, and the ice spikes made a sharp sound of breaking through the air like cannonballs. The ice spears swept across and instantly cleared away the snow within a hundred meters!

However, when the wind died down, Jiang Liu was still standing in the same place, unaware of what had happened before.

Before Odell could adjust his posture and make his next move, Jiang Liu had already stepped forward. His speed was not fast at all, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was walking slowly, but he was just a little faster than Odell, and he arrived in front of the giant just before he could successfully accumulate power.

He raised his head, stretched out his hand calmly, and pushed the giant's body from a distance.

Bang!

The iron hammer, invisible to the naked eye, hit Odel's face hard, knocking the giant far away. Finally, he was smashed into the mountain wall in a different posture like his brother.

This time, Ortlinde saw it clearly. The moment Jiang Liu launched the attack, a blue flame flashed in the palm of his hand. Although it was only for a brief moment, the Valkyrie believed that what she saw was the key.

In fact, her judgment was correct. Jiang Liu did use the blue flame - "Shenlan Haki" to knock the giant away.

He used the technique of Ryuo, and the "purity" of Shenran Haki itself was far higher than Ryuo. It was the product of the cultivation of Armament Haki and Conqueror Haki to the extreme and then transformed and merged into one. Jiang Liu had even used this to injure a real god, let alone just two giants.

"Um!"

"hateful!"

Should we say they are indeed descendants of the Age of Gods? They endured Jiang Liu's blow head-on but were still able to struggle. Both giants were trying to break away from the mountain wall.

Maybe my current spiritual foundation is not strong enough?

——Jiang Liu touched his chin.

Without waiting for the giants to escape, Jiang Liu walked straight towards the gate in a dignified manner, and Ortlinde followed him without saying a word.

But at this moment, the twenty-meter-high door engraved with countless gorgeous runes opened automatically!

"Rumble--"

A path of about ten meters was left open, and a team of guards dressed in white holy robes, wearing hoods and gold ornaments, like priests, walked out.

Each of them held a golden spear of light and had a small and exquisite golden round shield on each side.

That's right, their outfits were almost identical to Ortlinde's. In this way, their identities were self-evident.

"Valkyrie"!

This time, it’s not just an individual Valkyrie, but a full army of forty-eight Valkyries!

Judging from their strength, this team is capable of sweeping the battlefield and even destroying a country no matter what era it is in.

At this moment, he was fully armed just for one person, as if facing a powerful enemy.

When Ortlinde saw this team, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes. After seeing the Valkyrie leading the team in the front, her face turned pale and even her breathing became disordered.

"Ortlinde..."

The blonde Valkyrie stared coldly at the black-haired girl: "Why are you still alive?"

Why are you still alive?

This seems to need no explanation: because he didn’t die!

However, Ortlinde knew that this was not what Slude was referring to. What she was questioning was why Ortlinde chose to live in disgrace after being defeated.

Valkyries are messengers of God who guide the souls of warriors, but they are also excellent and loyal warriors. Their way of thinking tends to be mechanical. They will never betray the orders from those in authority, nor will they succumb to the enemy.

Ortlinde had severed the connection with the Valkyries, so everyone thought she had died in the battle, and no one suspected that she would rebel or surrender. However, in fact, she followed Jiang Liu here...

Even if Ortlinde had a clear conscience, how would she face her sisters?

"This guy is a monster that even Her Majesty the Queen has to treat with caution. It's not surprising that you lost to him. Taking the initiative to disconnect from the group can also be explained as a malfunction or that you have other plans.

But you have only one chance to make it right: Get back on track now, Ortlinde!"

"Yes……"

After hesitating for a moment, the Valkyrie finally clenched her fists, leaped back away from the river, and summoned the same style of spears and shields as her sisters.

Jiang Liu glanced at her but didn't care. After all, from Ortlinde's perspective, she had no other choice.

"And then, do you want to fight?"

Jiang Liu glanced at the many Valkyries and finally focused his gaze on Slude.

This Valkyrie has the strongest magical reaction, even surpassing the leopard man encountered in Mesopotamia. She is truly comparable to a servant of the gods, but she is not as good as a main god like Ishtar.

However, even so, she would never be a match for Jiang Liu - even with the help of so many compatriots, the result would be the same.

"It will indeed be a difficult battle, but the daughters of the great god Odin will never retreat!"

hum!

A striking halo appeared above Slud's head, and the other Valkyries also entered combat mode, with the magic power in their bodies active to the extreme.

"Deploy the formation!"

Instead of staying on the ground, the Valkyries flew into the sky, spread their wings like wings of light and soared freely, but they did not fly aimlessly. Instead, they formed a circle, encircling Jiang Liu from a distance.

As if calculating something, Slude closed her eyes, completed the calculation in just three seconds, and raised the spear in her hand.

"Coordinate data uploaded... Body sensing sharing, shooting correction..."

A divine light flashed in the eyes of all the Valkyries, and they all made the same movements as Slude, surprisingly uniform, except that the angles of the spears were slightly different.

"In the name of the Great God, this attack will hit - everyone, deploy!"

Increasing the operating efficiency of the built-in magic core to the limit, the Valkyries threw out their spears at the same time, falling down with the sound of a sharp wind tearing through the atmosphere.

There were nearly fifty spears, but their flight paths were not disordered at all, and the magic fluctuations emitted by each other did not conflict at all. They were almost perfectly unified, blending their power into a sword of light that could penetrate the earth and hit Jiang Liu accurately!

hum-

The full-strength attack of all the Valkyries is so powerful that it is comparable to that of gods of Ishtar's level, and this is also the source of Slud's confidence.

This sword of light released a torrent of magical power that could destroy everything, forcibly lifting a layer of the ground and wearing away a lot of the mountains on both sides.

When the light stopped, a large crater-like pit appeared on the ground. There was nothing around it, but the mountain wall where the gate was located was intact, and it seemed that it had been strengthened by magic.

After suffering this blow, Jiang Liu looked much more miserable. His clothes became tattered and there were many scars on his exposed skin.

But he didn't seem to care much about the injury... In fact, he didn't move just now because the opponent had the "guaranteed hit" protection, and it was essentially a wide-area laser cannon rather than a flying prop - the protection of "Sagittarius" might not be useful.

On the other hand, he also judged that this blow was still within his tolerable range.