Shadow of the Beautiful World

99. Where no one has gone before (Part 1)

Tor Tor! No

Sif knelt on the edge of the broken cliff. She seemed to have lost all the pillars, so she knelt there limply, calling out to the ice valley that was not clearly visible below.

Like a migratory bird crying blood, like losing a loved one.

Behind Sif, all the trolls were slaughtered.

After losing Urik's command, these guys with insufficient brains are no match for the two Asgardian warriors at all.

But the disaster happened in an instant.

It was so fast that Sif and Heimdall couldn't save it.

They could only watch Thor and Urik fall off the cliff. He was a warrior until his death, dragging enemies many times stronger than him to the underworld together.

But what's the use of that.

Thor is dead.

The only hope, extinguished.

Behind Sif, who was crying and collapsing, Heimdall squatted down silently. He looked at Thor's severed arm in front of him, which had been frozen into ice in the cold wind of Jotunheim.

And the dazzling blood was also sealed in the ice.

The gatekeeper's heart is also painful.

He is loyal to Odin and to God's Domain. This time guarding Thor to find the fountain of wisdom was originally the most important mission Odin gave him.

But he failed.

As Odin's close comrade-in-arms, Heimdall knows Thor's fate and burden better than his sister Sif.

but

The gatekeeper walked to the edge of the cliff, and he tried his best to stare at the ice valley below the cliff.

In this terrifying extreme climate, even Heimdall could only see the shadows of the dead valley below. He saw the fallen troll Urik and the falling rocks.

But Thor was not seen.

Um?

The gatekeeper let out a confused nasal sound. He searched the edge of the cliff carefully for several minutes, and finally, with his back on the shoulders of his sobbing sister, he said:

Don't cry Thor's not dead, I haven't seen his body.

Go to the valley! Quick! We'll wait for him there! If he escapes, he'll join us there!

When Sif heard her brother's call, she raised her head, and there was still a trace of disbelief on the beautiful cheeks frozen with tears.

But she trusted her brother's judgment.

She took one last look at the cliff where Thor was taken away. She stood up, grabbed her blood-stained sword, and followed Heimdall, braving the terrifying cold wind, over the frozen corpses of the trolls, towards the valley. walk in.

Thor will not die

He will be the next father of the gods, and my Thor, the king of the gods, will not die here.

Sif gritted her teeth, in the biting cold wind, she talked to herself over and over again, like self-hypnosis.

she says:

Son of Odin, who has created countless miracles, meet my expectations.

I have tasted the loss

I swear by Odin's one eye, never again!

Well

Thor felt as if his head had been stepped on by ten thousand elephants in turns, and a splitting headache was not enough to describe his feeling at this time.

In a vague perception, he felt his body sway, like lying in a swaying beach hammock on vacation with Jane some other summer day.

That wobbly feeling made him feel like throwing up.

He tried hard to open his eyes, but what he saw was a dim, shaking sky.

It was the sky of Jotunheim, with gloomy clouds covering the sky, and white light shining in the cold wind, occasionally mixed with the hissing of a few unknown monsters.

Memories are coming back.

Thor remembered falling off a cliff with Ulric, but what happened after that?

He should have died.

Yo, you're awake.

A jumping voice sounded beside Thor, and there was a strange sense of familiarity. Thor turned his head with difficulty, and saw a boy in green clothes walking beside him.

The guy had short black hair, a pretty face, and big eyes with a sly gleam.

Although young.

But from this face, there are already signs of a beautiful man who will become a disaster for the country and the people in the future.

Loki?

Thor said weakly:

how could you

Shhhhh, don't talk, you should rest now.

Holding the dusty Gun of Eternity, Little Loki, who was urging the Teeth Grinders and Gritters forward in the snow, raised his fingers and made a silent motion to Thor.

The latter was a little dazed, he still didn't know what happened, but the disgusting swing made Thor couldn't help it.

He swayed and tried to sit up from the crude sled, but this action disturbed another girl's work.

boom

A clenched little fist hammered hard on Thor's head, knocking him over onto the sled.

Little Hela, who was wearing a well-fitting fluffy cloak, withdrew her fists. She sat cross-legged beside Thor, holding some metal tools in her hands. She pursed her lips in dissatisfaction. She said:

Stay honest, you weak little brother, I'm helping you!

Um?

Thor was dizzy from Little Hila's punch. He lay on the sled, trying to lower his head.

He saw that on the broken arm of his right hand, there was already a silver, spiked, lifelike metal prosthesis.

Little Hella is using very sophisticated instruments to assemble the last part of his prosthetic.

On the gleaming metal of the prosthetic limb was a symbol of interlaced gears and skulls, a creation of the Mechanicus.

I've looked for our fierce big sister, but Audrey, or Angela, she's immersed in killing those demons in hell, enjoying a good time with that cunning bitch Sera.

Little Rocky pointed to the mechanical prosthesis regretfully, and he said to Thor:

Our eldest sister has already made up her mind not to participate in the disputes of the Odin family, but she is quite generous and brought you this from the warehouse of the Mechanicus.

It is said that this is a prosthesis made by Ms. Icarus for the possible accidents of the raven. It is a magical creation that can carry the power of the heavenly father, and there are many magical blessings.

If it weren't for the eldest sister, relying on Hela and me, there would be no way to steal it from the Mechanical Temple.

Little Loki tilted his head, and in the bitter cold wind, he said to Thor:

So, the eldest sister can be regarded as a help.

etc!

Thor was a little confused for a while, lying in the sled, looking at Loki who drove the two beasts to drag the sled forward, he said:

What's going on here? Tell me first, how did you and little Hela get to Jotunheim? You saved me? Where are we going now?

We came here much earlier than you.

Little Rocky curled his lips. He patted the book hanging by a chain on his waist, and said:

You should have died in the trap that the big snake set for you. We saved you. You don't need to ask how we did it. In short, the big snake is afraid of the prophecy between it and you.

The prophecy says that only you can kill the big snake, but you will kill me yourself. I don't want you to die. This is for the sake of my mother, and it was Merlin's arrangement for little Haila to come here.

Before Loki could finish speaking, Little Hila's dissatisfied voice sounded.

The girl was using special tools to make the final assembly for Thor's prosthetic, while shaking two buns that looked like ball heads, she said:

To be precise, Doom sent me here. I don't quite understand what he said about planb. Anyway, it seems that Merlin had already expected the big snake's ambush. He let Loki and I hide in the dark for You escort.

Oh, by the way, it's not us who saved you, it was another person who saved you.

Little Hella raised her head and looked towards the cloudy sky. She saw a ray of lightning lighting up in the sky. She said to Thor:

Look, here she comes!

she?

Thor lay in the sled in a lying posture. He tried to straighten his head and looked at the sky ahead. He saw the familiar thunder splashing, and those tumbling lightning sparks formed curved lightning in the air.

And in the interlacing of lightning and cold wind, a familiar figure descended from the sky holding Mjolnir in his hand.

Racing with meteors, controlling the thunder, the sparks of lightning hit her cloak, causing thunder to splash all over this woman.

She landed beside Thor with a low thunderous sound, under the half-covered mask, her eyes filled with electric arcs were full of tenderness.

Odin is here!

Thor was really terrified now.

He exclaimed:

Jane, you

Hush!

Jane leaned down with a chuckle, and left a thunderous kiss on Thor's cheek. She easily grabbed Mjolnir, who had never been so active, and said to Thor:

You used to protect me, now it's my turn to protect you.

Mjolnir has dispelled the disease in my body and made me healthier than ever, but the price is that I can no longer put down this hammer. I have become one with it.

Jane crossed her hips, feeling the power of thunder lingering in her body, she said to Thor who looked at her in astonishment:

Just like you, I also made a vow with it. It does not resist me and is willing to fight for me. This is why I came here. Thor, I will send you to the fountain of wisdom and guard you until the ceremony Finish.

Heimdall and Sif are already waiting for you there.

Jane's words silence Thor again.

He lay in the sled, dragged by two ice-covered goats.

Going from another hidden road to the valley of the Spring of Wisdom, Jane rides on the saddle of the Teeth Grinder, raising the hammer from time to time, using thunder to disperse the biting cold wind, and little Hela's work is quickly completed.

Amidst the sound of mechanical operation, Thor raised his right arm.

The silver-white metal shaped the new arm in a streamlined posture, and the Mechanicus' powerful bio-prosthetic technology made this prosthesis no different from his original hand.

He moved his five fingers, feeling the power contained in this arm, and whispered:

Why? Why did Merlin secretly prepare so much for me? Why does he value me so much?

Because you are Thor.

Sitting on the side of the sled, boredly poking the snow-covered ground with the gun of eternity, little Rocky looked back at his brother. With a mysterious smile, he said to Thor:

Everyone says that Odin is the king of the gods, but you are the one who really exists in the Order of Asgard.

I'm not an Asgardian, but I know that your race and your civilization were born to serve the existence of 'Thor'.

I didn't see this before.

Little Rocky touched the book hanging on the chain around his waist, and said:

After I saw it, I really knew the meaning of your existence.

That bad guy Merlin probably knew about it a long time ago, even when he persuaded you to give up Mjolnir in the New York War that year, he may have realized it.

You are very unique, Thor. There are very few beings in this world who are so loved. I can even say that Merlin made so many arrangements with painstaking efforts, just to get you on the path you are today.

But he didn't arrange it, he just accelerated the process. God's Domain must have a king, and that can only be you.

Little Rocky shrugged and said:

You can understand it as an arrangement of fate. Well, it doesn't matter if you don't understand yet, but you will soon see it with your own eyes.

Loki's explanation.

It's not so much an explanation, it's better to make Tolben's doubtful thinking even more confusing.

He felt that little Rocky had become elusive since his rebirth, as if he had become another individual completely.

He didn't doubt that little Rocky's soul came from Rocky himself, but right now, it was difficult to predict all the actions of this little devil.

So, is Merlin hoping that I will pass the test of the Fountain of Wisdom, defeat the big snake, and then take over the burden of my father and rebuild the civilization of Asgard?

Thor asked:

Is that what he wants me to do?

Big snake?

Little Rocky pouted, and said:

What the hell is that?

The enemy that Merlin wants you to face is much more dangerous than the big snake. Actually, even if you don't come forward in this war, the big snake's failure is already doomed.

He has created too many fighters, and you are one of them.

But what he still hopes to see is a stronger you, the ultimate you, who can share the pressure for him.

Loki emphasized his tone and said to Thor:

He hopes to see, before the decisive battle, the birth of Rune King Thor.

oops

When Loki said this word, it was as if he was hit by an invisible electric current. He grinned and rolled over on the sled. He said:

Hell, I said something that shouldn't be said again. It's really troublesome to be entangled in this rule.

In short, you must go where no one has gone before, you must see the truth deep in the mystery, and then you must make your choice.

Loki was sitting cross-legged in the sled behind the support of little Hella, winking, like a little magic stick, and said to Thor in a godlike manner:

The final war will start, and everything that is happening now is just the screams of destruction from afar. Those screams will not be heard until the real end hits people's faces.

But those of us who hear the omens have to prepare for it, like fagots waiting to be thrown into the flames.

Only by burning yourself can you win the future

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