Chapter 493 - 493 (1/2)
”Burden?”
Su-hyeun stared at the spear he just got. Although it was gold in color, he figured out the truth the moment he gripped it.
This spear was crafted out of adamantium.
It was also considerably heavy. It had to be several times heavier than Ruyi Jingu Bang, which he tried to use during the sparring session with Sun Wukong.
However, the burden Odin mentioned couldn't be as straightforward as this spear's weight.
”Are you saying I must protect Asgard?”
Odin was Asgard's king. He spent all his life protecting Asgard and the roots of Yggdrasil. The weight of Gungnir was the representation of the weight his life carried.
Sure enough...
”Can you do it?” Odin did not deny it.
Which wasn't so surprising, really. He wouldn't have handed over a weapon he used his entire life to a total stranger without a good reason.
Su-hyeun took another look at Gungnir. He had been wielding spears for a long while, but even then, this had to be the heaviest of them all.
It felt like a heavy lump of lead was attached to his arm. Even so, he was getting curious about the firepower of this weapon called Gungnir.
”Father!” It was Thor's voice.
Thor was related to Odin by blood, and he could sense his father's survival as well as his location. Finding where Su-hyeun had taken Odin after escaping from the temple shouldn't have been difficult for him.
”Father! Father!”
When Thor rushed in closer while roaring at the top of his lungs, Odin frowned deeply and shut his son's mouth up, ”You're being noisy.”
Thor momentarily looked relieved after thinking that Odin's voice sounded relatively fine. However, that relief didn't last long. ”Father, your blood...!”
He held up his hands with Odin's blood. Thor's complexion became deathly pale after confirming how inky black it was.
Only Odin's voice was composed and relaxed, but his complexion was dark and waning. ”Thor, my son.”
”Please speak, father.”
”I saw that our Asgard... the God Realm has fallen.” Odin had witnessed the destroyed Asgard on his way here. ”It was all because I was not good enough.”
”No, father. It's because I was—”
”Thor, my son,” Odin extended his hand.
But when Thor tried to hold his father's extended hand...
”You must... rebuild it, son.”
Pa-sususu...
Odin's hand crumbled to dust. Along with his soul, his physical figure slowly vanished.
Grit—!
Thor bit down on his lip. He bit so hard that blood trickled down his chin and dripped on the floor. He was trying his best to hold back his tears.
He slowly went down on his knees where Odin used to be, where his father's body had turned into dust.
Su-hyeun watched Thor's back before shifting his gaze over to Gungnir in his hand. ”In the end, it came to this,” he thought.
He more or less expected this outcome after confirming Odin's state earlier.
Just how many children out there would not grieve over the death of their fathers? This was a farewell between a father and a son who lived together for not just a few decades but for a length of time ordinary humans couldn't even imagine.
Gungnir's weight in his hand felt so much heavier right now.
Yet another god of the Five Godly Sages had died. Two of them were gone, while Brahma's whereabouts were still a mystery.
The only ones remaining now were Zeus and Buddha.
Thor, wordlessly grieving over the passing of his father for a long while, eventually raised his head, ”Did father leave Gungnir in your care?”
He seemed to have barely squeezed out those words.
Su-hyeun nodded and pushed the golden spear in Thor's direction, ”Do you wish to take it?”
”No, that's insulting my father's wishes. And also,” Thor stared at Gungnir, ”I'm not good enough to wield this spear. Not yet.”
”Is that so?”
Su-hyeun inwardly thought that that response was understandable.
He was acutely aware of Gungnir's weight in his hand even now. A weapon that weighed more than Ruyi Jingu Bang? He never even imagined that such a thing could exist.
”To think that Odin used something like this as a weapon,” he inwardly pondered.
He was deeply stunned by Odin's strength. Just how much physical power would one need if they wanted to use a spear of this caliber as a weapon and be comfortable with an object this heavy in their hands?
If Odin's strength was displayed in the system's numerical value, what would it have been?
Su-hyeun was curious, but he also felt burdened. Could he even properly wield this spear?
Even that was a question mark for now.
* * *
Osiris opened his eyes.
He had been resting with his eyes closed for a long while, but there was no more need to do that. Also, the current situation didn't allow for that, either.
A man guarding Osiris's side bowed deeply, ”How do you feel, my liege?”
”Not bad,” Osiris turned his head to the side, neck stiff. ”A little better, in any case.”
”The injury inflicted by Gungnir still hasn't healed, my liege. As such, perhaps it'll be for the best not to—”
”This much will be fine. It's not like I'll be directly stepping in any time soon. So, you can save your worries,” Osiris lightly rebuked his retainer, who was behaving a little too loyally at the moment.
The retainer closed his mouth shut, knowing that he couldn't repeat himself. Instead, he bowed his head even deeper.
Despite mouthing some confident-sounding words, Osiris still frowned and touched his side. The injury down there was almost healed, but it still ached a great deal even now. ”As expected, I did push myself too much.”
”My liege, even among the Five Godly Sages, Odin's purpose was to protect Yggdrasil. Based on combat strength alone, no one would argue with the opinion that he is the strongest god in existence.”
Odin was not just the strongest god but also the strongest warrior.
He swore to guard Yggdrasil. For this purpose, he established Asgard in the God Realm and fostered countless warriors.
In the end, though, he was defeated by Osiris, who had raised an even greater army. Even so, Osiris had to acknowledge Odin's strength.