Chapter 493 - 493 (2/2)
”What happened to Odin?”
”During the brief lull in your battle with him, I directed another army to attack him, my liege.”
”He must be dead by now, then.”
”We have indeed confirmed his death not too long ago. However, an unexpected variable has entered the scene, my liege.”
”A variable, you say?”
The good news of Odin's death was accompanied by a variable? Osiris was not a fan of his plans going astray, so naturally, his expression crumpled just a little.
The retainer kept his head bowed while explaining the situation, ”There is no need for you to directly interfere, my liege. It should be taken care of soon.”
There were only two intruders. Thor had joined them, but even then, they were only three individuals in the end.
If it was only that much, the army should have no trouble stopping the trio without Osiris's involvement. That was what the retainer thought.
But then...
”I don't think you or the army will be able to handle them.”
It sounded as if Osiris's thoughts on the matter were somewhat different from his retainer's.
That made sense since Osiris had a good idea of the identity of the two intruders.
”A man wielding a giant staff and another man accompanying him. In that case, they must be...”
Osiris smirked deeply. Since his wounds weren't healed yet, he had no plans of making a move first. Even so, he still held plenty of cards he hadn't played yet.
”I'm getting really curious about how long they will last.”
* * *
Sun Wukong joined them much later after causing a lot of chaos.
As he could use the cloning technique, one could say he was uniquely specialized in one-versus-many battles. His expression seemed a lot more refreshed after he got to fight countless Predators. ”Man, it's been a while since I had that much fun!”
He was grinning from ear to ear. However, he clamped his mouth shut immediately after spotting the grieving Thor.
He whispered to Su-hyeun, asking about Odin. He then walked up and lightly patted Thor on the shoulder.
Thor replied, ”I'm fine. Now isn't the time to grieve, anyway.”
”Well, if you say so.”
”We should get going. For now, my—our priority should be with securing Yggdrasil's roots, Thor said and took a large stride forward.
The way he was trying so hard to appear strong despite his emotions was apparent, even from his back or the way he walked. Sun Wukong was not used to this type of awkward atmosphere since he didn't have a lot of opportunities to deal with such a thing in the past. He cautiously followed Thor but still whispered another question in Su-hyeun's ear, ”What am I supposed to do in times like this one?”
”For now, we should follow him.”
The motivation driving Thor right now was Odin's last words.
He asked his son to rebuild Asgard. If it weren't for those words, Thor might have crumbled on the spot, unable to move again.
”Normally, in a situation like this one, there can be only one of two outcomes,” Su-hyeun thought.
Step, step—
Su-hyeun walked a little behind Thor, his face filled with concern. ”Either you falter and break down, or you exhibit an even greater drive than you'd normally do.”
Most of the time, it would be the former.
Right now, they had to pray that it was the latter. If Thor lost his focus and faltered now, then one of the combatants making up this trio would be gone.
”Gungnir is a divine armament created even before Asgard was founded. It was crafted during the birth of this universe, as a matter of fact,” Thor suddenly said as he walked ahead. He explained Odin's spear, Gungnir, currently in Su-hyeun's care. ”It contains the power of thunder and lightning, and its creator is none other than the Primordial God, Brahma. This Mjölnir of mine was also crafted out of the same metal, but it couldn't recreate Gungnir's power in the end.”
”So this is such an incredible weapon?”
In all honesty, the impression Su-hyeun got while holding Gungnir was that this spear was simply heavy and had a sharp tip. However, upon learning that Brahma was behind its creation and that not even Mjölnir could compare to it, Su-hyeun saw Gungnir in a new light.
”If it's better than Mjölnir, then it must be really useful,” he thought.
Mjölnir contained the power of thunder and lighting, and a single strike from it was enough to cause a massive thunderclap and a wave of powerful electricity to spread out.
They fought side by side a few times by now, and Su-hyeun got to confirm that yes, Mjölnir was indeed a great weapon.
It was a weapon granted with godhood, like the Palm Leaf. This was not as simple as labeling a god-tier item and being done with it.
”Gungnir may well be the only weapon in existence capable of piercing through Osiris's heart.”
Now that was very high praise, indeed.
Thor had come face to face with Osiris and even fought the Outer God's army. Since someone like that had praised Gungnir to this degree, this spear must be hiding a truly outrageous level of firepower.
Su-hyeun didn't have a chance to wield Gungnir personally just yet and could not estimate anything, but it seemed that his combat power had been enhanced by another level with the spear now in his possession.
”I'll try my best to make that happen,” said Su-hyeun.
”Thank you.”
Grit—
Thor's steps quickened as his eyes burned fiercely, ”As for me, I must do whatever it takes to rebuild Asgard.”
But then, the moment he finished saying those words...
Crack, split—!
Countless doorways began opening up in the sky.
Sun Wukong, who was following them, stopped and looked up. He leisurely brought out Ruyi Jingu Bang while scanning dozens, no, hundreds of black doorways. ”Hmm, more fissures?”
”They seem a little different from those things,” Su-hyeun replied while also looking up.
It wasn't just the sky. The same thing was happening on the ground as well. They initially looked like fissures in space, but their shapes were not irregular and random. All of them had an artificial circular shape.
These doorways were also connected to different worlds, but the collapse of Yggdrasil did not cause them.
Rather than that, these seemed...
”Right, they are similar to back when Fafnir showed up.”
Indeed, they were artificially created doorways. And never mind just one or two, hundreds of them were appearing at the same time.
”Here they come again,” Thor wasn't flustered at all. He was gripping Mjölnir even tighter as if the things he had been waiting for had finally shown up. His eyes were now filled with a venomous drive as he shifted his gaze over to Su-hyeun and Sun Wukong, ”I'm well aware of how strong you two are, but from this moment on, you better prepare yourselves.”
Then, right after he was finished with his warning, one after another, Predators began flooding out of the wide-open doorways.
”Osiris's army, the army of the one ruling one thousand hells, is here.”