Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 281 The Creator Protects His Master

After flying out of Odin's hand, the Spear of Eternity instantly vanished into another dimension. In the next instant, Loki was struck diagonally in the back by the Spear of Eternity, which fell from the sky. The spear pierced through his entire chest and pinned him to the ground. Loki was no longer as composed as before. He had personally helped Odin forge this Spear of Eternity, so he knew very well how terrifying it was.

However, while the Spear of Eternity was flawless, Odin, who wielded it, was. Odin could have killed Loki instantly with that spear, but Loki was not killed on the spot. This is why Loki dared to escape; he was gambling that Odin would have some sentimentality and not kill him. After losing its master, the Spear of Eternity was no different from any other weapon.

Loki endured the excruciating pain and pulled the Spear of Eternity from his body. He then used his divine power to seal the Spear of Eternity, preventing Odin from recalling him for the time being. Immediately afterward, Loki opened a portal and rushed out of the World Tree. He was going to find Argred; the Land of All Races was now the only safe place for him.

But just then, a powerful blue lightning bolt shattered his arm that was holding the Eternal Spear. Zeus emerged from the lightning and chuckled, "Where are you going, God of Deception?"

Loki reluctantly scrambled to his feet, feeling utterly helpless. It was truly a case of misfortunes never coming singly; Odin was one thing, but why did Zeus, that monster, have to follow him?! In terms of speed, strength, and divine power, no god in the entire known universe was stronger than him. If Loki were in better condition, he could have used his divine fire to create clones and his various ingenious techniques to remain invincible. But now, wounded by the Spear of Eternity, his divine power and physical condition made it impossible for him to escape Zeus's clutches.

Loki looked at Zeus, plotting his escape while stalling for time, and said, "I never thought that the mighty giant king of gods would collude with Odin. You are rebelling against fate, which is something you can't win. I also saw the prophecy that Odin saw. This is the will of heaven and the punishment of the gods. You can't win. You can't even imagine how terrifying 'fate' is."

Zeus sneered, "The three Fates and those other gods of fate are nothing but my lackeys. Fate? I have no faith in such ethereal things. I've changed my mind. I'm going to cut off your head and make it into a soul lantern so you can see clearly whether I can defeat fate in eternal torment!" With that, Zeus attacked fiercely, and instantly the area within a hundred miles became a pool of lightning. His divine lightning power indiscriminately destroyed all matter nearby.

After the lightning, wisps of flame appeared out of thin air in space and then reassembled into Loki. Although Loki dodged the fatal blow, his injuries were aggravated again, and he had to kneel on the ground. Zeus's attack was too terrifying and fast, and there was no way to dodge it in space. If it weren't for Loki's fire god power, which could temporarily make his godhood ethereal, that attack would have destroyed all his divine power.

Loki, kneeling on the ground, continued to shout at Zeus, seemingly out of nowhere, "Zeus, you really have no brains! No god has ever mastered the power of fate. The three Fates and those other Fates, to put it bluntly, merely deduced the most likely future by interpreting language systems (also known as mathematics) and planned accordingly. Even the nature gods cannot master the power of fate, let alone us, these half-breeds created by the descendants of the nature gods!"

Just as no god can truly control time, but merely uses its remnants to perform incomprehensible operations, so-called gods of fate are nothing more than advanced diviners who have glimpsed a tiny fraction of the future. The more ignorant and weak a being is, the more it believes it can control things. Your arrogance has already caused you to lose to Odin; do you intend to repeat that mistake and lose again?

This unrestrained mockery immediately enraged Zeus, who instantly transformed into a black giant a hundred meters tall and hurled a massive lightning spear while roaring, "Shut up!!"

The lightning spear flew at a speed far exceeding the speed of light to Loki's face. This move was a tracking attack created by Zeus in imitation of the Spear of Eternity. The lightning he had just released was to leave a mark on Loki. Once the mark was on him, this attack would be guaranteed to hit. Just as Zeus was smugly preparing to collect Loki's corpse, Loki suddenly created a divine fire clone and used a technique called "Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell" to detonate his clone. The divine fire power overflowing from the clone's explosion ignited the lightning spear, but the aftershocks still sent Loki flying.

Zeus then followed up with a kick, stomping Loki's true form under his foot. Immediately afterward, Zeus unleashed his thunderous power once more. Just as he was about to kill Loki on the spot, a longsword carrying the aura of death flew from afar, heading straight for Zeus's face. Zeus was forced to dodge, and Loki seized the opportunity to escape again, creating distance.

Zeus turned his head to look in the direction from which the attack had come, and at that moment, Hela, the goddess of death, was staring intently at Zeus with her sword of death in hand.

Zeus looked Hela over, frowned slightly, and questioned her, "Hela, are you planning a rebellion? Don't forget, it was Hades who defied all opposition and pressure to save your life and make you the master of Helheim!"

Hela assumed a fighting stance and shouted defiantly, "He is my creator, I cannot watch my father die here."

Zeus looked at Hela with some appreciation and said, "You do have a conscience, but unfortunately, your choice puts you on the opposite side of me and Odin!"

At that moment, a fierce wolf howl and a deep roar rang out simultaneously. Fenrir and Jormungandr arrived at the scene. The appearance of the two behemoths instantly made Zeus appear weak and alone. However, size is not the only standard for determining combat ability. Zeus mobilized all his divine power, and in the blink of an eye, Muspelheim turned into a sea of ​​lightning. Hela was immediately blasted away by the lightning, while Fenrir and Jormungandr, relying on their thick hides, charged towards Zeus in the center of the sea of ​​lightning.

Zeus casually summoned a massive sea of ​​lightning, which instantly transformed into a serpent comparable in size to Jormungandr. Jormungandr was bitten and relentlessly ravaged by the serpent's flesh. However, Fenrir arrived at Zeus's location and bit him. Just as Zeus was being held by Fenrir, a longsword pierced through Fenrir's upper jaw in an instant. A magnificent longsword then appeared in Zeus's hand, turning the tide of the battle for him.

This is a divine sword that Zeus forged by fusing the bodies of his brothers and sisters who died in that great war with his own weapon, 'Thunder'. Zeus named it 'War God Sword' and its purpose in forging it was naturally to defeat Asgard one day. However, who could have imagined that its first appearance would be to protect Asgard, or rather, to protect the World Tree?