Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 192 Altar

Warwick nodded in agreement, saying, "You're right, we have no other choice now."

Soon all the food was consumed, and all the gnolls, regardless of age or gender, had transformed into strong, powerful monsters, each two meters tall. After eating their fill, the gnolls finally regained their senses, and then knelt down in fear and trembling before Agred, awaiting his orders.

Agreed asked Yorick, "Yorik, did your tribe have a name before?"

Yorick replied humbly, "Master, we were once called the Carrion Clan, and before that, the Jackal Clan."

Agreed shook his head, somewhat dissatisfied with the names, and said, "As my subordinates, you should at least have a respectable name. Here's what I'll do: I bestow upon you the name 'Dragon Fang' as your designation and tribe name. I hope you won't disgrace this name. Warwick, you will be the leader of Dragon Fang."

But Warwick refused, kneeling down and pleading, "I beg you to let my brother become the leader of Dragonfang. I have no interest in ruling a tribe."

Agreed asked, somewhat surprised, "Oh! So what do you desire?"

Warwick raised his head and shouted, "Power! The power that will free me from being humiliated and allow me to stand freely between heaven and earth—this is my only desire."

Agreed then asked, "If I can fulfill your desires, what are you willing to give in return?"

Warwick lowered his head and roared, "Then you will be my master for life, until the very end!"

“Very good!” Agreed exclaimed, “Then today I will give you a gift as proof of our master-servant relationship.”

As an ancient and unique symbol appeared, Warwick was instantly enveloped. A massive stone pillar, engraved with countless runes, rose from the ground and surrounded Warwick. The runes on it absorbed the elemental energy of nature at an extremely terrifying speed. Then, the ancient ritual was activated, and Warwick howled in pain as the ancient bloodline within him was being awakened by Agreed.

Soon, Warwick's physique began to change. His bones grew and his muscles gradually expanded. His old fur fell out and was replaced by pure white wolf fur that emitted a fluorescent glow. Soon, a powerful werewolf, six meters tall, with a pure white body and golden eyes, appeared before Agreed. Behind him, you could even see the faint phantom of a wolf god with a body length of a hundred meters.

Soon, the phantom of the wolf god merged into Warwick's body, and a domineering silver-white werewolf appeared before everyone.

At this moment, Agreed said with some regret, "Your bloodline has only been activated to this extent? What a pity. There is still so much within you that has not been developed. Yorick, do you know where his birthplace is? That is to say, do you gnolls remember where you found him? Think it through before you speak. Don't give me that nonsense about him being your brother from the same parents. I have eyes!"

Yorick said somewhat awkwardly, "Master, to be honest, I found Warwick in an unknown place in the southern border. I can't say exactly where it was. I only remember that on a full moon night, I suddenly found an altar that appeared out of nowhere on the road, and then I found Warwick in the center of the altar. But I don't know why my memory of the altar is very... vague, so I really can't give you the exact location."

“Alright, then come closer, I have other ideas.” Agreed waved Yorick over, sounding rather helpless.

Yorick approached with trepidation. Agreed, somewhat impatiently, lightly touched Yorick's forehead with his dragon claw with extremely precise force. In an instant, Agreed activated Soul Search, copying all of Yorick's memories and immediately discovering information about the altar.

Agred browsed through Yorick's memories and suddenly realized, "Ah~, so it was through the effects of visual field distortion and hypnotic suggestion that everyone who went there forgot the relevant information. It's really ingenious to encrypt the location of the altar in this way. I've learned something new, but unfortunately, this level of encryption is useless against me."

As he spoke, Agreed deciphered the exact location of the altar. Then, Agreed grabbed Warwick in his palm and flew into the sky. As Agreed flew away, he also used telepathy to give instructions to his subordinates, telling them to rest and recuperate in place and wait for his return.

This time, Warwick did not struggle to regain control of Agred, and Agred also sent a telepathic message to Yorick, instructing him to lead the gnoll tribe to establish a decent camp nearby.

Before long, Agreed brought Warwick to the location of the altar. After landing, Agreed excitedly said, "We're here, little guy. Does it feel good to be home?"

Warwick looked around at the empty yellow sand with a puzzled expression and asked, "Are you sure this is my home? There's nothing here at all."

Agreed patted Warwick's head and earnestly instructed him, "Silly child, don't be fooled by appearances. The creator here designed it very cleverly. It only appears from its hidden parallel dimension on the night of the full moon, allowing it to travel unharmed across hundreds of millions of years to reach us. But the only thing with such a grand scheme... is probably Fenrir." As he spoke, Agreed mobilized his energy, releasing an energy field that was exactly like moonlight, ultimately revealing the altar before him.

A massive altar built of huge blue bricks suddenly appeared before Warwick's eyes. In the center of the altar, a terrifyingly huge wolf fang was suspended, and below the wolf fang was a pool of milky white water.

Agreed instructed Warwick, "Go up there, and then use the blood in your veins to sense that wolf fang."

Warwick glanced back at Agreed and, after repeatedly confirming, he walked onto the altar with some doubt. To his utter surprise, as soon as Yorick stepped into the altar, the huge wolf fang suddenly flew over, pierced through Warwick, and pinned him to the ground. Immediately afterwards, the milky white energy liquid rushed up and enveloped Warwick's body.

Argreed remained calm in the face of this sudden turn of events. He had even deduced everything that had happened from the River Styx. Simply put, during the war among the gods, the wolf god Fenrir perished, but unwilling to die, he left behind the Altar of Resurrection. The altar would draw energy from the universe at fixed intervals according to a pre-set program and store it to reshape his body and nourish his soul. Although this would take a very long time, the less disturbance he made, the easier it would be to escape the eyes of the gods and ensure the success rate of his resurrection. Moreover, for safety, Fenrir specifically chose the original universe of the nine-headed dragon god Io as his place of rebirth, because this place had lost its value after Io's death, and no god wanted to come here to relive their fear of Io.