Episode 72/Chapter 2: Ragnarok (2)
TL: Tsubak
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There was no way to know what exactly was happening beyond the connecting path.
But Odin estimated that it would take four days for the giant of fire to destroy the connecting path and appear.
"Because they have no reason to waste time."
They had no reason to completely burn down Olympus. It was because there was no one left at Olympus that would resist against the Kingdom of Fire.
The wish of the Kingdom of Fire- Anjra Mainiuu and Surtr after having become one, was the destruction of all worlds. If you thought about it in their position, it was more important to strike a world that still had power left to resist than a world that they could destroy whenever they wanted.
"They have no reason to give us time."
Odin glared at the closed entrance of the connecting path while sitting inside a battle carriage. There was a huge golden door in that place that a hundred people could pass through. It didn't look like that originally but it changed like that while repairing what got destroyed because of what happened with Olympus last time.
Shiny and flashy things were Freya's tastes.
"It's breaking."
Freya, that was leaning her head on Odin's shoulder, spoke in a low voice. She acted calms but her fingers were trembling in fear.
Odin stroke Freya's sky blue hair with his big hand. He kissed her in her forehead that was acting stubbornly saying that she wanted to be with him at least until the battle started and then raised her chin and coveted her small and pretty lips.
Freya pulled on Odin's neck as if hanging on it. It was because she didn't know if this kiss would be the last one.
Odin hugged Freya roughly. He didn't only receive her tongue but also desired it as if he was about to devour her.
But that only lasted for a moment. Their lips separated and their breaths also got further.
Odin stroke Freya's cheek. His hands were so big they could cover Freya's small face. Freya placed her cheek on Odin's hand. She looked up at him with teary eyes and as if she was glaring him.
"Please return. I'm fine if you come back like a wanker but never die."
"I will try my best to return fine. Only then will we be able to continue."
Freya hit Odin's chest and then got hugged by him again. She embraced Odin for the last time.
Let there be a next time.
Let it be able to continue.
Freya continued to kiss Odin's cheek as if it wasn't enough no matter how many times she did it and then flew away after having transformed into a swan. Her role at this battle wasn't to fight at the front lines. An important role that only the Goddess of magic could do was given to her.
Odin didn't look at the swan that left. He also didn't look at his body that still had her warmth.
He just raised his head to look at the connecting path. Freya was right. The connecting path was being destroyed. The tightly closed gates would also open soon.
"For Asgard and the nine realms."
Odin said in a low voice.
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'Is your condition fine? What about your waist?'
Cuchulainn, that had been staying silent after standing on the battlefield, asked suddenly. And then Astelone spoke hurriedly before Tae Ho that was looking at the connecting path could even open his mouth.
[It would be glad if it was only his waist. His entire body is filled with nail marks. In addition, Heda and Adenmaha didn't only have their waists dislocated but their entire bodies are filled with bruises. They went wild saying that they could recover if they ate a golden apple.]
'Oh wow.'
[On top of that, last night…]
'Last night?'
"You really are making a novel."
When Tae Ho hit the blade of Dragon Sword, Astelone grumbled like a spoiled kid that had just gotten hit.
[What, what, what? Did I make a lie? Huh? Did I lie?]
A fact was always a strong weapon. Cuchulainn clicked his tongue as Tae Ho flinched and wasn't able to answer.
'Beast like bastard. In addition, weren't those golden apples a precious thing? Can you eat them like that? Isn't that an overuse in authority?'
Cuchulainn seemed to work well with Astelone but now had even learned how to attack with facts from her. Tae Ho flinched once again and spoke of a different thing.
"How do you feel Cuchulainn?"
'I feel the same as usual. But I made thorough preparations to fight compared to a certain someone. It is only limited for this day but Gae Bolg will be stronger than usual.'
But instead, it wouldn't be able to show its proper power for three or four days after that.
But it didn't matter. It was because the current battle would decide if the days to come would exist or not.
Tae Ho looked at the tip of Gae Bolg. He could realize that it was stronger than usual without using the 'eyes of the dragon'.
"Cuchulainn."
'What?'
"Did you say your farewell to Scathach master?"
'I'm going to meet her tonight so why should I do that? But of course, I always treat master well. I'm a real gentleman compared to someone.'
When Cuchulainn started to act all big, the silent Astelone butted in again.
[Right, right. Adenmaha was begging you to save her yesterday. To let her rest a bit.]
'Oh wow.'
He had barely managed to change the subject but it changed to that side once again.
"Can't I fight only with the Sword of the Round table…"
Astelone chuckled as Tae Ho lamented.
[Well, shall I stop with the truthful fact attack at this point?]
'Right. It seems like his nervousness got eased.'
Tae Ho blinked at Cuchulainn's words and then realized that what the two of them said was true.
He was still. He was certainly nervous. Cuchulainn laughed and said.
'Why shrink down? That's not like you. Hey, just fight. Don't cower saying things like 'the fate of the world rests in my shoulders!' or 'I must win!'. When didn't you fight while shouldering the fate of the world in your shoulder? It's not even the first time.'
[Right, it's not the first time. Just do what you did in Dark Age. You rescued Earth several times there. It's not that different.]
They were speaking playfully but it was all true. Tae Ho had already saved the world several times and will keep doing that.
He felt more comfortable in body and mind just by having spoken a bit.
Astelone let out a sigh as if she was satisfied and stayed silent. It was because speaking itself bothered her. What she had just done was merely for the sake of Tae Ho.
Cuchulainn also got satisfied. He saw the face of Tae Ho that got much better and asked.
'How much is there left?'
"About 3 minutes."
'It's enough to calm yourself. Inhale some air and go. Don't make me embarrassed.'
Cuchulainn was the same as always that's why Tae Ho also had to be himself.
The armies of Asgard, Olympus and the Temple that were gathered near the connecting path and the black holy dragon that was behind them.
Tae Ho didn't belong in any of that group. He was located in a place that he was able to see all of them by himself.
When the door opened.
And when the battle started.
Tae Ho activated the 'eyes of the dragon'. A crack started to form in the tightly closed golden door.
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The crack became bigger. It then spread to all of the door and crimson flames started to come out from that opening.
Heimdall placed Gjallarhorn in his mouth. Odin stood up and Zeus grabbed Astrape. Nuwa, that was lying down in a deep place of Valhalla, raised her head.
Sigurd didn't say anything. He just pulled out Gram silently.
Heracles raised his club. His eyes covered by the fur of the Nemean lion released a clear light.
Son Wukong stood still and glared at the entrance of the connecting path. He was clenching his staff more strongly than needed.
"For Asgard and the nine realms."
Thor said. Thunder flashed at the same time and everyone at the battlefield cheered.
The Steel warriors and the warriors of Valhalla raised their hands and hit their chests. They roared with a voice that didn't fall behind to that lightning.
"For Asgard and the nine realms!"
Heimdall blew Gjallarhorn loudly. The Valkyries of Heimdall that were everywhere in the battlefield also blew their horns.
Rasgrid took a deep breath. Reginleif raised the flag high. Gandur put strength in her hands holding the spear and Ingrid turned to look at the direction Tae Ho was at for the last time.
"My warrior Tae ho."
Heda, that was leading the army of Idun, spoke with Idun's voice. Her golden eyes could see the entrance of the connecting path-breaking into pieces.
Crimson flames surged up like an explosion. It didn't only tear down the entrance but also destroyed its surroundings. A crack got formed in the sky and the sky got destroyed like glass breaking. Odin yelled at that moment.
"Fire!"
Countless things flew towards the entrance of the connecting path. Rains of steel and Black flashes poured down like rain.
The dragons of the Temple opened their mouths and fired a breath with the dragons of Olympus.
Nidhogg roared. The black holy dragon spread its wings and then released a white light. She raised pillars in a place where all of the armies could fit in. After that, she transformed into a World Dragon that wielded the power of Asgard and Terra in one body.
The World Dragon also emitted light. All of the combatants that could be mobilized striked the broken entrance.
And Odin waited. Zeus held his breath.
It was like he had expected. Surtr didn't do something as foolish as pouting his head as soon as he broke the gates. It was the same even after the saturation ended.
"The enemy is coming!"
Reginleif yelled. The forces of Memphis and Maya were the ones that had passed the burning connecting path and charging towards Asgard.
The group that was in front of the army of Memphis that was composed of dead beings was a chariot troop that was formed by tens of thousands of soldiers. The ones following them from behind was an army of prisoners composed by humans and beasts.
They had to stop them first. Heimdall blew the horn trumpet once again and the forces started to move following that order.
"Let the light of the Temple be eternal."
Son Wukong hit his shoulder with his staff and said. The strongest warrior of the martial artists of the Temple put a nasty smile. The Sword king inserted energy in his treasured sword without saying anything.
"Shall the glory of Olympus be with us."
Heracles said. The great hero of Artemis, Atalante, tied up her shoelaces. The heroes, Gods and Nymphs grabbed their respective weapons.
"Shield-Wall!"
Ragnar yelled with all his strength. He encouraged all the warriors of Valhalla as the viking king.
The forces that were at the front lines raised their shields. They faced against the cavalry troop that was charging like crazy.
Kwagagagagagagang!
The sound of thunder was heard. It was the sound created when tens of thousands of forces clashed head-on.
"Siri."
Bracky said. Siri, that was carrying Bracky at her back after having transformed into a golden wolf, nodded. She started to ride. It was because giants and monsters had also started to appear beyond the door.
They were mixed randomly. There were the Gigantes, the enemy of Olympus, the Sphynx of Memphis and evil elementals of Maya.
But that wasn't all. There were also the monsters of Xindu and Dilmun.
The devils and evil dragons of Avesta surged up to the sky.
"The sky is ours!"
Hraesvelgr yelled with Vedrfolnir that commanded the birds of the highest branch. Hundreds of thousands of birds covered the sky. They charged valiantly towards the evil dragons and devils.
The dragons of the Temple didn't stay still either. They held their respective dragon vein to create harmony in the heavens and faced against the evil dragons.
Echidna, that was with Idun's legion, held back her scream. Some of her children including Hydra opened their eyes roundly.
It was because there was a huge existence that filled the entire connecting path. It was because a dragon that had magma flowing in its body had roared.
"Typhon."
Echidna said. That thing was Typhon. It was the strongest warrior of Olympus that had defeated Zeus once in the past.
Echidna trembled in grief. She could only do so.
That thing wasn't Typhon. It was like controlling a corpse with black magic. The thing over there was merely Typhon's body and strength. It didn't contain a trace of his soul. And Echidna knew what that meant.
They had completely exterminated him. They had annihilated his soul so that it was easier to control his body.
Echidna screamed. She transformed into a winged snake in an instant. She let out a grievous yell and charged.
And then, right at that moment.
Tae Ho realized that the time had come. He made the sentences of Erin and Asgard appear in their respective hands. Wings of light that had the sentences of Olympus and the Temple engraved spread at his back.
Tae Ho grabbed the Sword of the Round Table and Dragon Sword Astelone. He then flew up slowly.
Zeus saw that.
Odin opened his mouth and called out his name.
"Surtr."
The giant of fire that brought the end to the world.
The king of Muspelheim that lead the Kingdom of Fire.
He had shown up. He swung his sword of fire in the opening that couldn't even be called a door now.
The sky broke once again. The crimson flames surged up with the intent to cover the entire battlefield.
< Episode 72 - Ragnarok (2) > End
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Episode 72/Chapter 3: Ragnarok (3)
TL: Tsubak
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That thing was huge.
It was overwhelming.
The flame that surged up took the appearance of a human. It was a burning giant but it wasn't simply formed by flames. Heated black rocks were stuck in parts of its body. The red parts formed the appearance of a giant and then flames surged up from inside to fill it up.
The giant had five horns. The horns that flashed in yellow made it look like a crown and proved that it was he was the king of Muspelheim, the Last path of flames that brought the end.
His hair that was fire itself swelled up like the mane of a lion. The red and yellow light in his eyes reached the apex to change into white and looked at the battlefield.
Everyone looked at him. The beings that wanted to maintain the world and even the destructive beings stopped fighting to face the wonder that arrived in front of them. They got overwhelmed at his presence.
Surtr let out a breath of fire. That belonged to the World God of Avesta and the manifestation of evil itself, Anjra Mainiuu.
It bred fear.
It didn't differentiate from evil and good so it didn't differentiate between the two sides.
The entire battlefield felt silent. It felt like time had stopped. Surtr moved alone inside that nasty silence. He clenched his sword of fire and swung it towards the sky.
He would burn down the sky.
Without differentiating the evil dragons and devils from the birds of the highest branch and the holy dragons of Olympus.
He would erase and exterminate everything with a wave of flames.
A scene where a giant swung a huge sword effortlessly seemed to be fake even though it was occurring right in front of their eyes. It could be said that it seemed like an act.
The Sword of fire split the ground. Son Wukong opened his eyes widely and grabbed his staff late to try to block it and Nidhogg made the World dragon open its mouth.
But it was too late.
Later than the Sword of fire and the one that had already started to move.
The wave generated from the Sword of fire couldn't spread too far. It burnt down the devils and evil dragons a bit and it stopped. It clashed against a counter-current in the sky and exploded.
There was a breakwater.
An overwhelming power created by utilizing tens of thousands of runes calmed down the wave of fire.
Surtr opened his eyes sharply. The ones that had taken a hold of themselves understood what had happened and some of them looked at the precise place they had to look.
Freya panted from deep inside Valhalla. Her arms and legs were trembling as if she would collapse at any moment and blood dripped from her nose and mouth. But she still showed a confident smile.
Odin gritted his teeth in the middle of the battlefield. There was also a line of fresh blood flowing down his mouth.
Odin said. He, that had protected the sky of Asgard, put a manly face.
"This land belongs to Asgard."
He wouldn't give it away easily. He would protect Asgard and the nine realms from those flames.
Odin took off his eye patch. He had completely recovered his strength after the World Wolf Fenrir, his fated natural enemy, disappeared. Even though he had passed the seat of master, this land was still Asgard like he had said. He was a crafty God of magic and he was one of the ancient Gods although he couldn't remember the beginning of the world.
The eye that was always hidden under the eye patch released light. The power that took place instead of his eye that he offered to obtain wisdom released a blue light.
Freya was already prepared. And Odin had already been making this in preparations for the war against Olympus.
"Let's do it."
The tens of thousands of runes, Freya and I will become the shield that protects Asgard.
Surtr released a path of flames again. Odin recited a chant and Freya concentrated under the terrible pain. She transmitted an overwhelming amount of magic power to Odin once again.
And at that moment.
Time started to flow again when the wave of flames exploded. Blood started to spurt out in the stopped battlefield.
Son Wukong roared. He knew that he wasn't able to help Odin with his abilities. He couldn't do it even with the 72 transformations technique.
Because of that he decided to focus on what he could do.
He advanced like a tornado. He increased his size and increased the length of the staff that had a normal size. He increased his size from when he served as a pillar for the Temple of the past and clenched his fists.
Kwagagagagang~!
A hole got created in a part of the battlefield just by getting bigger. Son Wukong laughed pleasantly and swung his staff. His movements were so fierce it looked like he was being shaken by the movements of the staff.
The staff that lengthed dozens of meters became an eraser in the battlefield. All the enemy inside the range of his attack lost their heads or bodies in one swing. A fan-shaped hole got formed in the battlefield.
"Ohhhh!"
Son Wukong leaped. He returned to his original size after getting on his cloud Nimbus and then plucked out some of his hair. He blew it away and activated an incantation.
108 Son Wukongs appeared. All of them looked identical so you couldn't differentiate which one was the real one.
"Pierce and stab them!"
Son Wukong ordered and the 108 Son Wukongs yelled at the same time.
The 108 Son Wukongs were no different to a huge sword. They didn't stand in place to stop the enemy but they penetrated deeply in the army of the enemy.
Zeus fired lightning and Thor swung Mjolnir as he wasn't going to lose against him so an overwhelming thunderstorm swept down with the battlefield.
The destructive beings didn't stay still either. Quetzalcoatl let out a roar and released his divine power. The devil Gods of Memphis and Maya that hadn't shown up in the battle against Olympus started to pour down attacks at the army of Valhalla, Olympus and the Temple.
And there was someone particularly eye-catching among them.
There was someone making his presence clear even though they were in a wide battlefield that it was hard to look at all of it at a glance.
Typhon.
The strongest dragon of Olympus.
The one controlling the dragon whose soul has been erased was the evil dragon of Avesta, Azidajaka. Azidajaka turned into black smoke and entered the body of Typhon and then devoured his soul and became Typhon itself.
Typhon had the upper body of a giant, the lower body of a snake, wings of a bat and horns of a cow and his size was really huge and powerful. The length of his body reached hundreds of meters so when he raised his upper body like when a snake raised their head, he could look down at everyone on the battlefield.
Typhon released poison and Azidajaka spread malice.
Even the brave warriors of Valhalla weren't able to endure that. The Steel warriors melted down due to the poison and the martial artists of the Temple fell in despair.
"I can't forgive you."
She crossed the battlefield and yelled like that.
"I won't forgive you!"
Echidna screamed. She transformed into a winged snake and charged towards Typhon. The difference in their sizes wasn't the only thing and their strength was really different but she didn't mind about things like that.
Typhon looked at Echidna. Azidajaka recognized Echidna as he had devoured Typhon's soul and also his memories and he laughed at her.
It wasn't even funny that a destructive being and a being that wanted to maintain the world loved each other.
That's why Azidajaka whispered with Typhon's voice. He transmitted his voice to the head of Echidna directly.
"Do you want more children? I will then offer myself as much as you want. I will violate you with Typhon's body and let you breed evil dragons. We will destroy Asgard and the Temple and make them the vanguard of the army that will also burn down Terra."
It didn't only stop at his voice. Terrible images appeared in Echidna's head.
Echidna's last rationality disappeared and Azidajaka smiled in satisfaction. He released a black and evil light towards her that was charging towards him.
"Mother!"
Hydra, that wasn't able to catch up to her even though she had chased after her with all her strength, screamed. Echidna released her strength and somehow endured Azidajaka's attack.
But she was already at her limit with that. Echidna stopped her charge. She ended up collapsing in the middle.
Azidajaka laughed. Images of tainting her and humiliating her were already being replayed in his evil head. He felt like he would tremble at the satisfaction he would feel once he broke her body and mind.
Azidajaka didn't attack Echidna. The army of Memphis and Maya poured out attacks at her mercilessly as she had collapsed in the middle of the battlefield.
Echidna resisted but it was impossible to fend against all the groups swarming from the sides. In addition, the forces of Memphis were already dead beings so they didn't know what fear was.
"Mother, Mother."
Hydra panted and advanced. The warriors of Valhalla also moved to help her.
A bit more, a little bit more.
She was actually getting closer. Echidna was still holding on.
Hydra fired poison and the warriors of Valhalla tore apart the forces of Memphis and Maya.
She was now right in front of her. There was not much left.
But then Azidajaka opened his mouth again. He didn't aim for Echidna but for Hydra. He released a stronger light than before.
Kwagagagang-!
Hydra froze in front of that thing that came to her while destroying the ground. She couldn't think how she should handle that.
The one that moved was Echidna. Something that overwhelmed her rationality made her move. It made her stand in between Hydra and the light of Azidajaka.
It is the end.
It was a really foolish end. She ended up being isolated in the enemy camp because she charged forward recklessly. To make her daughter and warriors that had come to save her get in an even greater danger.
Echidna gritted her teeth. She squeezed out the last of her strength to at least try to block this last light.
Echidna wasn't able to stop that power alone as it contained the power of Typhon and Azidajaka but she still tried her best to stop it.
The light that got released from the mouth of Echidna clashed with the light of Azidajaka. It seemed like she was able to block it at the beginning but it didn't last for long. She started to get pushed back helplessly.
"Mother!"
Hydra yelled. Echidna cursed out inwardly asking why she wasn't escaping and why she was getting close to her.
Get away. Escape! Escape!
She didn't know if it reached her. The light Echidna had released disappeared. The light of Azidajaka that stopped for a moment started to advance towards Echidna.
"I don't dislike you."
A low voice was heard. A huge streak of sword aura clashed with the light of Azidajaka. An overwhelming dragon killing intent split the light.
Echidna blinked and then realized that someone had gotten on her head.
Sigurd.
The one that kills dragons.
You are a dragon but I don't dislike you.
Those were the words he had first whispered. Sigurd didn't repeat the same thing but Echidna could know.
"I'm slaying that thing."
He also spoke briefly this time. His eyes were glaring at Typhon right now.
"You can do it."
That thing was huge but at the same time small. It was really small compared to the Space snake Jormungand.
Sigurd clenched Gram more tightly on top of Echidna and Echidna cheered towards him. She calmed her breathing and then spread her wings. She glared at Azidajaka that got flustered at the overwhelming dragon killing intent.
"I'm going."
Sigurd said and Echidna spread her wings and flew up.
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The wave of flames and the breakwater clashed once again.
It exploded in the sky and the aftershock shook the sky and ground.
The battle in the sky became fiercer. The evil dragons, birds, devils or holy dragons that lost their lives in the sky fell down to the ground like rain.
Freya grabbed her staff and barely held on. Her beautiful face was covered in blood. Blood flowed down from all the holes of her body.
But she didn't stop. She squeezed out magic power once again and sent it to Odin.
Odin was also in a bloody state. It was the result of having blocked Surtr's flames five times.
Surtr didn't aim for Odin directly. He merely swung his Sword of fire at the sky as if making a race.
How long will you be able to hold on?
Is there a meaning on only enduring?
He felt like he could hear Surtr's voice but Odin just released magic silently.
The World dragon was fighting in the sky. It was burning down countless evil dragons and devils and made the situation in the sky a bit more advantageous.
Surtr raised his Sword of fire once again. Odin whispered Freya's name and released magic power.
The sixth clash.
When the aftershock of that attack shook the sky.
Freya ended up collapsing and Odin vomited blood once again.
But Freya cried and laughed at the same time and it was no different from Odin.
Because it was done now.
It had been completed while Odin had caught Surtr's attention.
Odin didn't hide it anymore. No, precisely speaking he wasn't able to hide but it was fine now.
High in the sky.
What Odin was hiding revealed itself.
The thing that was hidden with a strong magic also entered Surtr's eyes.
Tae Ho was standing in that place. He was raising the Sword of creation that was the combination of the Sword of the roundtable and the Dragon Sword and glared at Surtr.
Two suns shone above the head of Tae Ho.
One was Asgard's real sun.
And the other one was an overwhelming lump of divine power.
The God of Sun of Olympus, Apollo, was extending his hand to the sky.
The Goddess of Sun of Asgard, Sol, was offering all the power she had to the sky.
The Goddess of warfare Athena, that climbed to the new seat of Goddess of Sun of Erin, roared towards the sky. She had changed affiliation from Olympus to Erin for this battle.
Nuwa closed her eyes and whispered. The sun of the Temple, the Three-legged crow that had the power of the sun spread its wings. It transmitted its voice and power to the sky.
Asgard, Erin, Olympus and the Temple.
The suns of four worlds.
The supreme light created by joining the power of four Gods of the sun.
He was shining under that.
The master of four worlds that is.
The protector of the five worlds including Terra!
[Myth ranked saga]
[He is invincible under the highest sky.]
Surtr looked at Tae Ho and Tae Ho looked him back. He released the power of the sun towards him that was trying to swing his Sword of Flames in a hurry.
That was a sword that divided the world.
The sword of beginning that opened up the skies and ground and notified the creation.
[Creation ranked saga.]
[Sword of creation.]
The light split the sky and the four suns charged towards Surtr.
< Episode 72 - Ragnarok (3) > End
TL note: Thanks for reading~