Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 263 The Journey Begins

Heya's soul dissipated, and Agreed could clearly feel it. He couldn't help but shed tears and could only slowly put down the love of his life in his arms, watching her sleep eternally before him. On that day, the entire kingdom of all races mourned for their queen. Agreed buried Heya in the Elf Forest and had 'Siscana' lead the tree spirits to guard her tomb.

Agreed buried the necklace Hea had given him and the red gemstone ring that represented his first wife and daughter together. Agreed decided to bury the past completely, and at that moment, his battle with the gods officially began.

Years later, scholars still pondered whether Argreed would have waged war against the gods if his wife hadn't died. Some even went so far as to suggest that if the gods had known of Hea's existence, they might have gone to great lengths to save her in order to prevent Ragnarok, since the ties to the mortal world were the only weakness of that destructive dragon god.

However, there are no "what ifs" in this world, and this tragedy of the gods has officially begun.

For the past three thousand years, Agred has been constantly devouring the roots of the World Tree. Now, the roots of the World Tree in Niflheim have been completely devoured by him, which means that one-third of the World Tree's power has been consumed by him. As a result, Agred's growth has come to a standstill.

This put Agreed in a difficult position. After all, the other two roots were guarded by gods, and he could not possibly steal divine power from them. Otherwise, he would definitely be ganged up on and killed by the gods of the World Tree.

So, in order to provide nourishment for its own growth, Agreed began to hunt down outsiders in the multiverse, that is, special beings who possessed fragments of divinity and had unique talents and systems. Although the divine power of the fragments of divinity they possessed was somewhat weak, there were many of them. After all, even fly legs are meat.

Unfortunately, this plan was forced to end after only about three years. During this period, the Divine Child and the Spirit Child killed all 874,132,643 holders of divine fragments in the multiverse. Some of the system holders who had grown into god-like beings were killed instantly by Agred himself. However, this short-sighted exploitation soon left Agred with no divine power to consume.

After all, only a few ancient gods had fallen. Agred had basically collected all the fragments of divinity, but this divine power was still not enough for him. He knew that there must still be some left in the River Styx of various universes, but unfortunately, his current soul could not support him to conduct such a large-scale search.

After wiping out the aliens from the multiverse, Argreed had no choice but to turn his attention to the scattered gods who did not reside in the World Tree. The platinum dragon god 'Bahamut' and the five-colored dragon queen 'Tiamat' were Argreed's first choices, because they were dragons of the same kind as Argreed, and their divine power was easy to absorb. At the same time, their bodies could also help Argreed increase the purity of the Io bloodline in his body.

Meanwhile, Bahamut was living in a divine kingdom he and Jehovah and other self-proclaimed benevolent gods had created for themselves, called the Heavenly Realm. Although the Heavenly Realm was a high-dimensional space similar to the World Tree, to be honest, it was far weaker than the World Tree in terms of spatial strength and other aspects. After all, the divine kingdom was just a low-level imitation of the World Tree by those gods who wanted to establish their own kingdoms.

However, the celestial realm is very united, unlike the infighting in hell. So, Agreed naturally set his sights on Tiamat, the mother of dragons in hell. Thus, Agreed made a decisive decision, delegating the affairs of the Kingdom of All Races to his subordinates and embarking on a solo expedition into the void. This time, he planned to enter the Sea of ​​Souls and devour the entire hell!

But plans never keep up with changes. As Agreed was heading towards the Sea of ​​Souls according to the directions Mammon had given him, he suddenly sensed a very familiar divine aura—it belonged to the giant eagle 'Vedfolnir'! He was still active in this void!!

Searching for a powerful, homeless divine beast in the void would normally be like looking for a needle in a haystack, but fate is sometimes unpredictable. Vidfulnir, who escaped from Agreed's clutches, eventually returned to his hands after many twists and turns.

Argreed instantly changed direction and flew towards the location of Vidfulnir, who was feasting on the body of an ancient evil god. Upon seeing this, Argreed quickly accelerated and transformed into a beam of judgment, smashing Vidfulnir's body into a pile of feathers.

The tattered feathers quickly coalesced, and Vidfulnil reappeared before Agred. Agred then began to look at Vidfulnil in astonishment. The once majestic eagle was now completely devoid of its former glory. Its feathers seemed to have been tainted, turning into a strange purple. Its tail feathers had turned into tentacles, and strange tentacles had grown around its beak.

Agred looked at the unrecognizable Vidfulnir before him and asked, somewhat disbelievingly, "You... how did you become like this? Have you been corrupted by the evil gods?"

Vidfulnir chuckled wickedly, "To defeat you, I need some unconventional methods. To kill you, I began hunting the evil gods in this void. These evil gods are either sealed away or fast asleep, making them easy targets. My divine power is now vastly different from what it used to be, and this time I will definitely defeat you and gain my freedom!"

After saying that, Vidfulnir transformed into a drop of water again and rushed towards Agred. Seeing this, Agred didn't waste any words and once again used his dragon horn to clash head-on with Vidfulnir. In the blink of an eye, Vidfulnir was smashed and scattered like water. Then, countless tentacles emerged from the scattered water droplets and bound Agred tightly. At the same time, the remaining water droplets turned into terrifying deadly weapons and slammed into Agred's body again. Agred, unable to move, was instantly riddled with holes by these water droplets.

After being injured, Agreed calmly exhaled the dragon breath he had prepared, burning away all the tentacles that were binding him. At the same time, he manipulated the power of annihilation to evaporate all the water droplets nearby. But then a strange demonic wind appeared and severed Agreed's wings, severely injuring him. Suddenly, the demonic wind transformed into blue flames and ignited his body. Then, Agreed's flesh began to petrify from the inside out, while his outside was constantly being scorched by the strange flames.

Argreed's body was eventually petrified and turned into a statue. Vydfulnir then appeared and shattered the statue in front of him with a flap of his wings. But at that moment, Vydfulnir spat out a mouthful of divine blood. He looked back and saw Argreed standing there unharmed, while his dragon claws had already grasped Vydfulnir's core of divine power.

Agreed chuckled and said, "You're too impatient. To be honest, if you keep maintaining this unhit-proof state, I estimate that you'll escape again like last time. So from the beginning, I've been waiting for this opportunity to completely capture you."