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Chapter 1365 Rebirth: I am a Birdman

"How can a mere mortal harm me, the King of Jotunheim?"

"You can hurt me, the great man who can even play with gods!"

At the moment when the floating castle was destroyed by [Ryūgi Kō-Tianlong Liuxing=QUA], [War of the Virtual World King-Utgard] escaped from the castle with the help of the disintegrating floating castle as a cover - Utgard Loki, although he used the floating castle "Utgard" as part of his name, his real body has never been that castle.

The reason why [Utgard], a duel monster, is a Rock Monster is simply because the castle can be counted as a Rock Monster. Just like [Life Torrent Dragon] which possesses the power of the red dragon's heart can disguise itself as a mechanical monster [Power Tool Dragon] by wearing mechanical armor, the real Utgard Loki is an independent life.

Normally, he stayed in his palace, using magic to control the castle disguised by illusions as his hands and feet, but when the danger came, he abandoned his castle without hesitation. Although it was a powerful fortress city that he had spent a long time to build with the mountain giants, it was far less important than his own life.

Utgard Loki ejected the entire palace he was in, which actually served as an escape pod, and mixed it in the countless castle wreckage that fell to the ground. He sat on the throne, holding the armrests tightly and gritting his teeth, and took advantage of the fact that he was the only one in the palace to curse Hayato in a rather inappropriate manner.

- Although in mythology, Utgard Loki has appeared in front of gods such as Thor and Loki in the form of a giant, he is actually just a kid who looks young. For Utgard Loki, who can use illusions to manipulate monsters and gods - even Loki who is also good at illusions among them - it is easy for him to use illusions to create an illusory body that is much bigger than himself.

The reason why the illusion was created was that of a giant, on the one hand, it was because Jotunheim ruled by Utgard Loki was a land of giants and the majority of his subjects were giants, but it was also probably because of his short height. Even the fact that he chose to use a castle as his image when he was out was probably because of his inferiority complex.

  But none of this mattered. What mattered was that he, a noble man who ruled foreign lands and a lone man who had lost all his subjects in the kingdom, was actually defeated! It was a great shame!

However, I, a noble man, must not be caught by such a vulgar mortal, and my great mind must not disappear from this world! Therefore, even if it means abandoning my favorite castle, I must escape!

Seeing the shattered wreckage of the castle above his head through the enchanted mirror, Utgard Loki laughed despite feeling extremely heartbroken: "Hehe, hehe, hahahahahahaha, you finally let me escape. You mere human, you must have been deceived by the illusion I created with magic, right? I will take revenge for causing me to lose a castle one day!"

"Let us remember this day together! I have remembered your vengeance, and you should also remember that today you have achieved the only commendable achievement in your insignificant life, which is that you almost caught me, Lord Utgard Loki!"

"No, now that I've lost the castle 'Utgard', I'll just go back to using my real name 'Skrimir'. Humph, how could a mere human possibly think that this is the escape route for me, Lord Skrimir! How could a mere human possibly be my opponent in terms of intelligence—"

  Laughing arrogantly, Utgard, no, now the illusionist Skrimir who had lost the castle, suddenly stopped laughing and his smile froze on his face. The reason was that he saw Hayato in the sky suddenly glanced at him, and then commanded his terrible mechanical dragon to swoop towards him! ?

"No, impossible!? You actually saw through my illusion?!" Skrimir was completely panicked now. He quickly waved his hand to disperse the magic mirror in front of him and avoided looking at Hayato's sharp eyes that made his heart tremble even from a distance.

However, he himself knew that such behavior was no different from an ostrich burying its head in the ground when it encountered danger. Although he didn't know how he did it, from the behavior of that terrible human who approached him without hesitation after discovering him, it could be seen that he would never let him go!

  We have to think of a solution quickly!

Jumping down from his throne, Skrimir no longer had the mood to use illusion to disguise himself as a giant. He looked around his palace anxiously: "Is there anything, anything that can be used?"

As the king who ruled the Outer Realm, even though the Outer Realm was too barren and even looked down upon by [Flame Realm War - Nagilfar], he could still collect a lot of things by piecing together, not to mention that Jotunheim, the land of giants, used to be home to a large number of mountain giants. Although mountain giants sounded very rustic and stupid, contrary to their name, mountain giants were very different from other giants in their dexterity and were better at building than destroying. Even the walls of Asgard, where the Aesir lived, were built by them.

It can be said that the mountain giants and dwarves, two races, one tall and one short, are the races that are best at making things in the Nine Realms. Therefore, as the ruler of the Kingdom of Giants, Skrimir also collected a lot of strange things. Even though the mountain giants have disappeared, they did not take these things away.

"A lantern that glows when the sun rises but never lights up when it sets, a pair of automatic magic scissors that look like shoes but can actually be used to trim beards, a cage that cannot be opened unless you run inside it for a certain period of time."

As he searched through his inventory, Skrimir's face darkened. Which idiot collected these useless things? Not to mention at this critical moment, even under normal circumstances, this junk would be useless!

What, I collected it myself? That's fine.

"Found it, this is it!" After finally finding something useful, Skrimer excitedly raised it up, "A long sword that can be used to separate everything in the world! I remember this thing can be used to open a one-way passage to Helheim. It's a very useful trash can. You don't have to worry about the trash being thrown back by people over there, and there aren't many people in Helheim."

(Mysterious weapon with no name (laughs)

"In other words, as long as I use this thing to open the portal to Helheim, no one will be able to catch up with me, hahahaha!"

Laughing triumphantly, Skrimir was about to wave the weapon made by some mountain giant in the air in front of him.

However, just as Skrimir was about to swing his knife, the palace where he was located suddenly shook violently. Skrimir, who had not fought with anyone for many years, accidentally failed to hold the knife firmly in his hand. Instead, he swung it and the knife fell, with the handle facing down and the tip of the knife facing up, stuck on the ground.

  Then, the palace was originally descending rapidly, but it was as if someone stepped on the emergency brake, and the palace was pulled by something, and the speed of descent suddenly decreased. Under the effect of inertia, Scrimir's feet tilted, and he actually fell towards the long sword on the ground? !

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"What, what's going on?!" Skrimir looked at the knife tip getting closer and closer to him in disbelief, completely powerless to resist the inertia on his body, "Why would I, as a spellcaster, make such a low-level mistake?!"

"No, that's not right. I remember now. The moment the duel just ended, the pain that would have been transmitted to me if I hadn't cut off the control in time. My castle 'Utgard' is a spiritual pain that even rock can feel!"

“Could it be that, could it be that, that the duel just now was actually a dark duel of sacrificing souls, and I was targeted by the power of darkness while trying to avoid the punishment for defeat!? But how is it possible! How can a mere human possess the power to engage in a dark duel!?”

"I, I Skrimir--!"

"Puchi--!!" When Hayato used [Ryugiku-Tenryuusei=QUA] to elbow open the illusions and protective spells arranged on the outer layer of the palace-style escape pod, and looked inside from the cross-section to find [Hypothetical King War-Utgard], he only saw the scene of Skrimir being pierced through the center of the forehead by a long sword stuck in the ground.

"What's this? He committed suicide because he didn't want to be captured? I thought he wanted to escape." Hayato blinked his left eye, restoring the "Eye of Rune" to its original state, and confirmed that the scene in front of him was not an illusion but a real scene.

"I don't think so. Utgard isn't a very principled guy. Maybe this is just an accident." [Shadow of the War King - Lopt] appeared next to Hayato and complained, "It's just that he looks really embarrassing, especially since he's carrying the name of 'Loki'. Now I'm in trouble too."

But at this moment, maybe because of the weight of Skrimir's body, his body was restrained by gravity and fell to the ground, causing the knife to pierce deeper. The knife, which had only poked a hole in his head, pierced through the back of Skrimir's head and protruded out.

If it was just a knife, it would be fine, but the problem was that as the tip of the knife pushed out, two more figures were pushed out from Skrimir's body, who had already lost his breath?

"Eh?"

Sitting down on the ground, one of the figures looked at his own body with an expression of disbelief, "I'm actually fine?"

“Could it be that fate still favors me, Skrimir? Humph, humph, haha, I actually got a new body again!”

"Jotunheim, your king is coming back--it hurts!"

The yellow-haired boy was hit on the head and his heroic words were interrupted. He turned around suddenly, his purple eyes full of malice, "Who dares to touch the noble me?"

(Body size that can sit on a backpack)

  He didn't continue talking, because he found that the person in front of him was actually the mortal who had chased him before, but why did that mortal's body become many times larger, and even his calves were almost as tall as his! ?

"No, that's not right. It's not that thing that got bigger."

  Previously, he only paid attention to his own body and did not notice the surrounding environment. "Skrimir" was horrified to find that although the palace was still the familiar palace, its size had expanded a lot, just like the size of Hayato. A more accurate statement should be - he actually became smaller! ?

And it wasn't just a matter of age shrinking, as in "a child's body but an adult's mind", but my body had shrunk to nearly a quarter of its original size, becoming only 20 to 30 centimeters tall? !

"You just said, 'Skrimir', right? Humph, then this is the guy you are looking for, Master Danrito." [Shadow of the King's War - Lopt] stood beside Hayato like a lackey, looking at the short "Skrimir" with contempt, "This guy is the [Hollow World King's War - Utgard] you are looking for, but he is so short?"

"You haven't seen him before?"

"I have seen it, but he used illusion to create an illusion of a giant. Even I couldn't see through his illusion." [Shadow of the King's War - Lopt] said, and complained about Hayato, "It's fine that you just took a few glances and stole the 'Eye of Rune', but even I can't do it. How did you see through his illusion?"

"I can only say that your Norse gods are really not that good. They can't even be resurrected after death. Unlike the Egyptian gods, they can be put back together even after being dismembered."

After hearing the exchange between Hayato and [Shadow of the King's Battle - Lopt], ​​"Skrimir", who wanted to play dumb, couldn't help but said angrily: "I'm not short at all, it's just that this world is too tall! And it's an accident that it became like this!"

"You damned giants and those naturally evil little humans, you actually dared to get this close to me. Do you think I can only use illusions to avoid a fight? Look at me using my invincible magic to inflict endless pain on you!" As he spoke, "Skrimir" stretched his hands straight forward and shouted, "Purgatory Unparalleled Explosive Heat Wave Cannon!"

Without realizing what "Skrimir" had said, [Shadow of the King of War - Loput] turned around belatedly and looked at "Skrimir" who stretched out his arms but did nothing in a strange way. He raised an eyebrow and asked, "What did you just say?"

"The raging fire is extinguished!" "The Heavenly Dance Wheel!"

The unbelieving "Skrimir" used two different magic spells in succession, but was horrified to find that he had lost the ability to cast magic, and even the illusion he was good at. His little face turned pale in an instant.

"No, that's impossible. My Pawa, why did I lose my Pawa?"

"Idiot, of course it's because when we separated, all the magic and illusions were assigned to my side~"

A female voice sounded, causing "Skrimir" to turn around and look. He found that on the other side of his "corpse", a girl with the same yellow hair as himself was casually pulling off a piece of curtain and wrapping it around her body, which was also only 20 to 30 centimeters tall, as a skirt. She turned around and looked at him with the same pair of purple eyes, with a sneer of contempt on her lips, "You don't think you are still 'Skrimir', do you? You are such a fool and a loser."

However, what "Skrimir" was most concerned about was not the other party's appearance and words, but what surprised him more was that he actually saw a pair of black wings behind the girl?

Noticing the gaze of "Skrimir", the girl looked at him with some disgust and said coldly, "What are you looking at? Don't you have it yourself?"

Upon hearing this, "Skrimir" touched his back in panic and found that he really did have a pair of wings on his back, but the color of the feathers he plucked was more yellowish and not as pure black.

For a moment, his heart was filled with despair: 'Oh no, I was reborn as a birdman?'

Today I scheduled an update at 0:00, but I woke up in the middle of the night and found that it had not been automatically updated.