Falsifying history is good business

As the author, this was not the first time that Lin You had seen a gathering of gods, but the atmosphere had never been as strange as today.

In past gatherings, the gods were mostly arguing and arguing with each other, vying to express their respective positions and opinions; the gathering scene was very much like the legislative bodies of some human kingdoms.

The participants of this gathering were still the gods of various pantheons, but the scene was silent. It was as if the gods had collectively forgotten their mouths at home and came to the meeting with only their eyes, and each pair of eyes was staring at the group of Nordic gods in the center of the meeting.

The strange atmosphere forced Lin You to remind himself from the moment he entered the venue that this was not a surrender ceremony, and the Norse pantheon was not really sitting on the judgement seat, so he must not do anything that would undermine the dignity of the Norse pantheon.

"The writers are in place. Can we begin?" God was naturally the host and spoke to the gods.

All eyes at the scene were focused on Lin You.

"The plan has been finalized. I will ensure that the resolution is written down word for word in the background of the big world to ensure that the will of the gods will not deviate from it." Lin You can now say such polite words calmly and fluently.

"Does anyone have any additional comments?" God looked around and waited patiently for a moment, but he didn't hear any other voices. "In that case, the writer will..."

"I have something to say." A voice interrupted God's routine concluding remarks. The gods looked at him sideways, but no one was surprised, as if everyone knew that accidents would always happen as expected.

The one who spoke was one of the most important parties today - Odin.

"Please speak, Your Majesty the God King." God was not surprised either, and did not even give the necessary reminders or warnings.

Odin walked forward proudly, and there seemed to be lightning in his eyes when he looked around; although he was forced to lower his head by the gods, in Lin You's opinion, the majesty of this God King was even greater than before.

"I don't have much to say about the specific content of the resolution. Just let the writer write it." Odin's voice seemed to be filled with thunder. "But I have a question. What if this resolution does not solve the problem in the end?"

Zeus stood up and asked in return: "What issue are you talking about, Odin?" For some unspoken reason among the gods, the Olympian pantheon was the most active participant in this attack against the Norse pantheon, just as they targeted the Roman Pantheon last time.

"I'm talking about uncertainty!" Odin shouted back. "The 'panic' caused by the uncertainty of the future. You should understand this well, don't you, Zeus?"

A similar flash of lightning flashed in Zeus's eyes, and more pressure from the God King descended from nowhere; "It sounds like you want to bring up old scores with me?"

"Bringing up the past? No, quite the opposite! What I want to discuss with you is the future." Odin made a feint and successfully took the initiative in the conversation. "I don't want to defend Asgard's past mistakes. I just want to remind you what caused me to make mistakes. It was the 'panic' caused by the uncertainty of the future. I am not the only one who has similar 'panics'. Who among you dare to say that you haven't had such 'panics'? Hasn't His Majesty Zeus proved it with his actual actions? He has had it too!"

He had intended to lead the attack, but he had become the target instead. The difference made Zeus angry and ashamed. "What do you want to say, Odin? Don't waste everyone's time!"

"Haven't I already said it? The world is full of uncertainty - although this is what we are pursuing - but precisely because of uncertainty, no one can guarantee that the resolution of the gods will be able to solve the problem. I just want to ask, if the resolution of the gods still cannot avoid the Ragnarok, or even brings worse consequences by changing the established ending, what should we do?"

Zeus sneered and said, "The gods have decided to help Asgard to the greatest extent possible. The resolution includes many of your own requests. If the problem still cannot be solved... do you think the gods should bear more responsibility for this?"

"If you had enough patience to listen to what others said instead of being self-righteous and rushing to accuse them, perhaps your children would respect you more, and the Olympian gods would be more united," Odin retorted.

Zeus was furious, holding lightning in his hand. It's not that you can't expose someone's shortcomings when scolding them, but you should at least look at your own character. When it comes to arbitrary and bad temper, how can you, Odin, be better than Zeus?
Seeing that the meeting was about to turn into a fight, God spoke up: "Silence! Your Majesty Odin, while I respect you, I also ask you to respect every god present; we gave you the opportunity to speak, not for you to disrupt today's meeting."

"As you wish!" Odin nodded slightly. Although he didn't even bend his waist, he was already submissive. "I have only one request: If Asgard and the Nine Realms face a worse end after the resolution is implemented, I hope to recall Loki and his family to complete 'Ragnarok'."

"Oh, dream on!" Zeus objected, not even bothering to understand the deeper meaning of the other party's words, "Drive Loki out for a while, and find an opportunity to call him back in the future? What do you think the decision of the gods is? A farce that can be restarted at any time?"

Odin refuted confidently: "Listen to my sincere advice, you really should learn patience, that is the virtue you lack most, Zeus. Are you deaf, didn't you hear what I said? The purpose of recalling Loki is to complete the Ragnarok! Or are you too old and confused to know what this sentence means? In that case, I advise you to pass the throne to your children as soon as possible, which will be better for Olympus!"

Zeus wanted to fight back, but this time it was not just God himself, but all the gods who stopped him, because everyone except the King of Olympus understood what Odin meant.

If a worse outcome occurred, Asgard would rather go back and directly start the old version of "Ragnarok".

However, the gods were a little confused; at the end of "Ragnarok", all the main gods of Asgard died, leaving only two or three cats and kittens - could there be a worse ending than this?

To this, Odin replied: "Who knows? Who knows what will happen to the future of the greater world? Even the gods have to plan carefully. Have you not realized this until now?"

This question caused most of the God Kings to fall silent.

It is undeniable that Odin has many shortcomings. One can talk about any one of them clearly: tyranny, arbitrariness, brutality, self-centeredness, etc.; but one thing you cannot say is that he is stupid, let alone that he has no vision.

He was a god-king who could decisively use his eyes to exchange for wisdom in order to see through the fog of the future. Only because of this, Odin's words made the gods think more deeply.

At this moment, apart from the angry Zeus, only God could speak up: "Only for the purpose of promoting 'Twilight of the Gods' can Loki's family be recalled; do the gods agree to this, and can Your Majesty Odin swear an oath to this effect?"

"I swear on the fate of the Nine Realms," Odin answered.

The gods did not object, including the still furious Zeus. If that scene really happened, it would mean that the Norse pantheon had fallen to the point of having to choose between "miserable" and "worse"; everyone present was a god king, so why would they make things difficult for a stray dog?

In the atmosphere of agreement and acquiescence, only the writer seemed to be thinking about something; he inexplicably remembered the joke he played on God before coming here.

The orthodox ending of Norse mythology is vague but clear: after the Ragnarok, the remaining gods fled to the southernmost part of the universe and established a new world and divine realm. In the new world, a new supreme god appeared, who was "greater than all the gods, but whose name could not be spoken."

Most later generations believe that the ending of Norse mythology is a metaphor for the local Christianization process; the new supreme god that appeared at the end was undoubtedly God, who reaped the fruits of "Twilight of the Gods" and gained the greatest benefit.

That is why the author has a huge doubt at this moment: As a "victim", Odin should obviously be wary of the ultimate "beneficiary" God, but why is he now asking to retain the possibility of "Twilight of the Gods" breaking out?

By doing so, wouldn't it be equivalent to helping God preserve the opportunity to get involved in the Norse pantheon in the future? (End of this chapter)