Me, Hydra

As she said that, Hydra took the Chaos Blade out of space and placed it in front of Quintus' body.

Holding the hilt of the Chaos Blade, the cool sensation continuously stimulated his nerves. It made Quintus's originally somewhat confused thoughts a little easier.

With a firm shake of his head, Quintus chuckled.

"As you say, I have Spartan blood running through my veins. The trees will only wither away from the soil that feeds them. I'm at odds with the cowards of Olympus' soil and water."

At Quintus' words, Hydra shrugged her shoulders.

"Obviously, you have chosen a path full of thorns, but Sparta will never give up on any of her children who truly love her."

Taking a breath, he looked over at the gate. With a slight smile, Hydra said, "You're wrong about one thing."

"Huh?"

At Quintus' blank face, Hydra said easily.

"You must remember this one thing, that trees do die when left in the living soil, but with the help of a friend, they can plant their roots in the starry sea. Why are you still standing outside the door, Leonidas."

Hearing Hydra's words, Quintus, with some experience, looked a bit bewildered as Leonidas walked in from behind the gate.

"Hold, sorry, Leonidas, I didn't mean to hide my identity, but because of Zeus..."

Ignoring Quintus' bewilderment and holding the round shield in his right hand, Leonidas raised his fist at Quintus.

At the sight, Quintus was startled for a moment, then shook his head helplessly.

"You bastard..."

As he said that, Quintus also raised his fist and stamped it on Leonidas' fist and....

Volume I: Text - 18 - Odin, Wall.

Regardless of the age, the gods are strong. But the truth is that every god possesses things that they don't want to face....

Odin, too, was the same.

As King of the Asa, Odin possesses the greatest wisdom in the world.

He wears a great golden helmet and on his shoulders are two ravens, symbols of thought and memory. They fly around the world every morning and return to tell Odin what they've seen and heard. He invented the ancient Norse alphabet of Loon. The nymphs of Scylla used this script to write their fates on their shields. He had ventured into the underworld on his own and acquired the ancient script for mankind, which gave him a great deal of knowledge.

Odin is regarded as the king of the gods, the king of the dead, the god of war, the god of power, the god of magic. According to the legend, Odin is tall, dressed in gold armor, riding eight-legged horse "Sleiprani", holding the famous gun "Gunnar", living in "Valhalla" in the temple. He has asked the Valkyrie to collect the souls of the dead in preparation for the final battle, "Twilight of the Gods".

Odin wasn't originally one-eyed, according to legend.

According to legend, one of the three main roots of the Tree of the World is the "Kingdom of the Giants," and beneath this root, a mysterious spring of wisdom has sprung up, which is guarded by the giant Mimir.) In order to bring wisdom into the world of the gods, Odin was eager to taste the spring.

One day he rode his eight-legged horse, Sleipranes, alone across the rainbow bridge that spanned the void to visit the Fountain of Wisdom, which the gods dared not approach. As he neared it, he saw the shadow of a man in the dense shade of a tree. Gazing at it, it became clear that it was Mimir, who was sitting solemnly by the Fountain of Wisdom.

Odin dismounts beside Mimir and asks him for a sip of water. Though Mimir knew who the man before him was, he still shook his head slowly, refusing to give the water.

'I will give you all the gold in the "kingdom of the gods", or my right hand!

Mimir smiled and replied 'That's not what I want, Odin! The price of the Fountain of Wisdom is your sharp right eye!''

And so, for the fountain of wisdom, Odin finally lost one eye forever to obtain the wisdom of Runes.

He did not take the wisdom by chance, but by the most legitimate means and with a reasonable deal, and he did not take the wisdom for himself, but sowed it to the gods and to the earth.

Odin was the god of knowledge, and because of this, Odin was divided in his thirst for knowledge. He hung upside down on the Tree of the World for nine days and nine nights in order to obtain the alphabet of Loon. In the Song of the Wise it is written: "For nine nights I hung on the tree of the winds, and was pierced with a spear; I was sacrificed to myself as a sacrifice to Odin, on a tree that no one knew! There is no bread to feed the hungry, no drop to quench the thirst. I looked down, and gleaned the words of Loon, and cried out as I gleaned, and fell from the tree". Thus, Odin acquired the wisdom of Loon.

As mentioned before, Odin's wisdom was infinite, and he had already seen the end of the Asa tribe, the final battle called the "Twilight of the Gods".

But even so, Odin did not speak to anyone, for this was a fate from which the gods could not escape.

Sitting bored on the throne, Odin's only eye revealed a look of sorrow.

"I wonder if I will fight until the end..."

One's last eye can see the scenes at the twilight of the gods, first the three long harsh winters of the Fimbul winter faced by mankind, strong winds and snows from all sides of the earth freezing the land, no sunlight, the world has no warmth since then, in the bitter cold, the world is full of jealousy and conflict, war and malice dominate the world, people all over the world slash each other with spears or swords, blood stains the earth red, even the shields are cracked. The whole world became very uneasy, and evil spread like a plague, when the hungry beasts of the wilderness wandered about in search of food, and men ceased to be tolerant or understanding or helpful to one another, and siblings and fathers and sons killed one another in ugly rivalries. All the spell-casting bonds of magical refinement and curses disappeared as well.

The rooster at the top of the world tree, Gurimkambi, crows incessantly, hissing at the top of his voice, and his long, blood-curdling cry seems to have foretold the end of the gods. When he crows, the red rooster of the Land of the Dead echoes with him, thus giving rise to the Time! ".

Fenrir, the giant wolf, breaks free from the shackles made by the gods, and his two wolf sons, Hatti and Skull, devour the moon and sun respectively; Nidhogg, the poisonous dragon, hollows out the roots of the World Tree; Yemengard, the earthly python that surrounds the Atrium, wakes up from his bed of mud, and his long tail creates a huge wave that floods the valley and mountains of Midgard, and the water rushes up to the kingdom of the gods; at the same time, the frost giants and other giants who live on the mountain arrive; and Loki, who is imprisoned, is freed.

And the final result of the twilight of the gods?

The battlefield was littered with the corpses of gods and giants and monsters, and the plains had been turned into a sea of blood. The black dragon Nidhogg flew over the battlefield, his wings screeching horribly as he greedily ate the bloodied corpses that were still warm. But soon, the black dragon, his wings hung with skeletons, fell helplessly into the volcano. But the volcano's lava could not burn his body. Nidhogg would eventually become one of the few creatures to survive the twilight of the gods. The sky glowed blood-red, staining the sky and the land a deep red, and few figures remained on the battlefield, when Strathl threw his sword of victory into the sky, and amidst the red lotus-like flames, the "atrium" became a sea of fire, with pillars of fire running through the universe, smoke billowing from the mountain tops, and the world tree supporting the universe being destroyed by the flames. Engulfed and collapsed, the entire universe came crashing down.

The stars fell from the dome, the passage of time had ended, the scorched ground was stained with blood that could not be erased, and sank into the turbulent seabed, and all that could be seen were the waves, leaving the universe in a dead silence and eternal darkness.

The end result was that Odin and his sons were killed in battle, the warriors of the Hall of Valor were buried in flames, and a human man and woman survived by hiding in a cave in the Tree of Worlds and drinking the morning dew. A few other minor gods survived, and finally Bardel, the god of light, and Hodel, the god of blindness, were resurrected, and the few that survived were determined to rebuild a new world of happiness.

Every myth has an end. In the end times of the East, so did Olympus, the father of Cronos, the first god-king, representing hope, the future, and Uranus of the sky, who had also made a prophecy that Zeus' divine power would be overthrown by his child. And that child was none other than Athena...her husband.

The Twilight of the Gods is the inescapable torment of the Norse gods, and Odin does not fear it, for it is only the necessary end for him. Vast destruction is a gift, and Odin does not reject it. After all, the world could not be left to be ruled by gods alone.

Tragedy can be a shock to the heart, and Odin wished he could reverse the twilight of the gods. Not because of his thirst for the throne, but simply because he didn't want the beautiful world now to be destroyed by something evil.

As he thought about it, the god raven that flew back told him.

"The wall, it's getting weaker."

This cheered Odin up a bit.

Each theocracy had a neighboring "wall", and with the wall between them, the different gods couldn't communicate with each other.

"If you can make the wall lose its obstruction, then the other side of the divine system must have a sage who can reverse the historical singularity! God Crow! Bring my goodwill!!!"

The ravens, representing thoughts and memories, flew towards the gap in the "wall" with a welcoming sound.

On the other side, the sleeping Hydra awoke with a start.

"The Wall, there's a gap?!"

........

This chapter has a lot of information from Baidu Encyclopedia, and Norse mythology has always been one of my favorite myths. After all, a tragic ending can be a titillating experience.

Especially the inherent end that is greeted with no change of face and no cowardice.

Volume 1: Text-19 - Hydra's Goal

"You're the raven next to Odin, aren't you? So do you represent memories, or thoughts?"

Hearing Hydra's question, the God Crow tilted his head, then mouthed Odin's voice.

"You know me?"