Stupid Odin

Thanos took the opportunity to say, "Odin! You know that we, the Aesir, revere the strong. I am the strongest, so naturally, I should possess the best goddess, the most luxurious palace, and the best spoils of war. It would be best if you could subdue the Vanir. If you can't, then I can only abolish the Vanir and let Vili replace you as the chieftain, declaring our rule over the Vanir. Understand?"

Odin decisively patted his chest and replied, "Understood!"

This is a high-stakes gamble with the God-King as the bet!

Win the bet, and be crowned king in one step!

Lose the bet, and go back to the mountains!

Odin gazed at the towering figure of his elder brother, Thanos, his heart filled with ambition: What elder brother can do, I can also do!

That night, during the private song and dance in the second half, Freyja's head kept shaking from side to side, her large wavy red hair swaying like a jellyfish, her head and waist arched back to the maximum angle, her soft voice screaming until it became hoarse and out of tune. Immediately after, Gullveig did the same. As a result, Frigg was urgently summoned to the palace.

That night, the Palace of Joy lived up to its name.

As the saying goes, a good laugh doesn't mean you'll laugh last.

The laughter will not disappear; it will only transfer from one god's face to another.

The next day, those who had partied all night couldn't get up.

This forced Odin, who originally wanted to strike while the iron was hot and pursue the Vanir, to abandon his plan.

On the third day, Odin gathered almost all of the Aesir's high-end combat power, preparing to attack.

Thanos did not go back on his word and very generously allowed Odin to call the roll and choose his generals.

Paul and his wife and Thanos could not be moved; moving them would be tantamount to a personal expedition by the emperor. Odin was too embarrassed to take the Valkyrie squad.

In the end, Odin left Heimdall and a bunch of useless wine gods, and after excluding the goddesses, he took away almost all of the Aesir's notable powerhouses in one go.

On this day, the horns blared, gold helmets and armor were everywhere, and the scene was filled with a chilling atmosphere.

From the mortal army to the tall and sturdy giants, everyone was armed to the teeth.

Looking out, the massive military force filled the exaggerated square in front of the Rainbow Bridge, which could accommodate 100 giants standing shoulder to shoulder.

Thor, the God of Thunder, Loki, the God of Mischief, Tyr, the God of War, Baldr, the God of Light, Vali, the God of Vengeance, Vidar, the God of the Forest, Ullr, the God of the Bow, plus a large number of giants.

Odin's display of this lineup made Diaz and the other giants look down on him a little.

"When His Majesty Thanos beat up that guy Njord, he didn't need so many powerhouses at all," Diaz's big mouth was met with the approval of many giants.

Odin, who was on the towering golden platform, heard this, and a vein popped out on his forehead.

Odin endured it.

Today is the starting point of his legendary journey, and he will use undeniable military exploits to shut the mouths of the gods and giants.

Odin glanced back at the direction of the Golden Palace; his good elder brother really kept his promise and did not come to interfere with his expedition ceremony, completely handing over the stage to him.

Odin was very grateful, except for one small flaw—he saw Freyja and Frigg nestled in his elder brother's arms on the terrace, as well as Paul and his wife sitting next to them, which might be his eternal pain.

Composing himself, Odin raised the divine spear Gungnir and declared boldly, "Full attack! Let us completely conquer the Vanir, who have provoked the majesty of the Aesir!"

The divine spear echoed Odin's will, emitting a dazzling brilliance from the tip of the spear, incomparably radiant.

The gods, giants, and mortal soldiers below the stage shouted in unison, "The Aesir are invincible!"

They were ambitious, claiming they could flatten mountains and fill the sea; nothing could stop them.

In the majestic sound of the marching horns, they marched in relatively neat formations towards the Rainbow Bridge.

It was a golden torrent composed of gods, sweeping towards the enemy from the direction of the Golden Palace.

It was an uncountable number of elite mortal soldiers, their golden armor shining brightly in the morning sun, the bright red feathers on top of their full helmets undulating like a tide.

Bestla was both excited and nervous: "My son, do you think Odin can win?"

Thanos said indifferently, "If it were me, I would definitely win. As for Odin... he has a good chance."

Saying it's a 50-50 chance is a pretty good opportunity, right?

Paul felt that his eldest son's pride was a matter of course. He also sensed the ambition of his second son, Odin. It was definitely very rare for the eldest son to give the second son this kind of opportunity.

Frigg unintentionally added insult to injury: "With such an army, even tying a dog to the commander's seat could win."

Thanos: "..."

In theory—

The Vanir had just been defeated, lacking soldiers and generals, the gods suffered heavy losses, and their armor was incomplete;

The Aesir had just won, with many soldiers and generals, the gods' morale was high, and their armor was complete.

It looked like the Aesir were destined to win.

But...

As the saying goes, everything before 'but' is nonsense.

Njord was tricked out of three lives by Thanos. With three days of respite, would he do nothing?

On the small island of Vanaheim, with a hum in the sky, the brilliant rainbow light arrived in an instant.

When the countless Aesir in the rainbow light led the mortal soldiers to charge out, the poor Vanir seemed to only have time to activate the Sea God Temple's protective shield.

Odin was very prudent; he divided the army into four parts, using the Rainbow Bridge to parachute into the east, west, south, and north directions of the Sea God Temple. Moreover, the deployment of gods and soldiers was weighted, with the east side being the strongest and the west side being the weakest.

This was to make it easier to break the protective shield under uneven attacks.

Odin never expected that just after his own side had finished parachuting, the sea behind him would suddenly stir up giant waves thirty or forty meters high.

If it were a world-destroying giant wave of a thousand meters, Odin would not be afraid. If the other party counterattacked with the power of a realm, he could just turn around and slip into the Rainbow Bridge to avoid the storm. But a terrifying giant wave of a hundred meters, he could grit his teeth and withstand it.

A 'small wave' of less than 30 meters meant that Njord could use it as a conventional attack method.

Unlike the illusory waves in Asgard last time, this time the waves were real. Don't underestimate this level of giant wave; a wave 30 meters high is enough to easily sink a 10,000-ton ship.

"Humph!" Odin slammed his divine spear into the ground and clapped his hands together.

"Buzz—"

In the strange buzzing sound, an extremely exaggerated arctic storm spread out from under Odin's feet.

This could be said to be a fork in the road of fate.

In this life, after Thanos mastered the divine duties of [Sky], [War], and [Death], Odin naturally retreated and chose other divine duties.

One of Odin's current divine duties is [Winter]!

As a descendant of the progenitor frost giant Ymir, Odin's understanding of cold is also quite deep. The materialized ice magic power gushed out from the gaps in his armor, and the magic power transformed by divine power was so pure, presenting a beautiful pure white color.

They swirled around Odin's hands like mist, and then in the next moment, a composite magic array composed of three three-dimensional magic arrays was longitudinally placed on Odin's left forearm armor, directing these magic powers to spray towards the periphery of the attacking team.