Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the Mimir's Skull beside him. Ryan knew what it meant.

It was nothing more than a way to show his value so that Ryan could not leave him behind, but Ryan had no intention of giving up on him.

On the one hand, Mimir is not only the only living creature Ryan has encountered, but on the other hand, the knowledge contained in this brain itself is of extraordinary value.

The fact that the rune technology and magic of another world are so valued by the Asa Protoss proves that they are also powerful enough to threaten the gods. As for the so-called opening of the treasure house, Ryan didn't need his help.

The treasure house self-destructed and fell into the void. This was naturally a difficult problem to solve in Asgard, but Ryan had no intention of 'opening the treasure chest' in Asa's domain.

As long as you take this 'treasure house' back to the spirit world, you can destroy it however you want. It would be a big joke if a treasure house that lost its owner could penetrate the seven-layer space-time barrier of the spiritual world and let the treasure fall outside.

However, looking at the 'treasure house' in front of him, Ryan still felt a little 'admired' for His Majesty the God King's 'secrecy measures'.

"So, which god does this statue represent?"

Under Mimir's guidance, Ryan figured out that Odin's so-called secret 'treasure house' was actually in the belly of a goddess statue.

I don’t know what the god-king of Asgard had in mind for putting his treasures in such a place.

However, the effect was indeed very successful. Without Mimir as his ‘own person’, Ryan would never have imagined that there would be a treasure trove here.

"She is Gullweg, the goddess of the Warner Protoss. I have told you about her existence before. Odin was deeply impressed by her powerful magic that can easily reverse life and death."

"He left portraits and sculptures of the goddess in many places because he hoped that he could change the outcome of Ragnarok just like Gullweg reversed her own life and death. But now it seems that he not only failed, It makes this disaster even more terrible.”

There was no hiding it, Mimir said everything about it.

"Sounds interesting."

Nodding, Ryan paid a little attention to the goddess who was proficient in magic. I don't know if any traces of her will be found in the future, or if the other party is really dead.

"But we should leave now."

Stretching out his long sleeves, Ryan put away the statue. Not a short while had passed, and he had gained enough here. Ordinary gods might be interested in some corners, but it's not enough for Ryan to stay longer.

After tearing open the space and stepping outside the Golden Palace, Ryan looked at the direction.

The reason why he didn't do this when he came in was because the remaining power of this ancient palace interfered with his perception, making him unable to accurately locate the coordinates of the inner space under the suppression of the interface, but there was no need for such trouble when he came out.

"Are you going to the Fountain of Urd?"

Looking at Ryan's movements, Mimir couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, there must be something left in this broken world. Or do you have any suggestions?"

"No, but if you can go to other countries, I suggest you go to Jotunheim. It is the hometown of the Frost Giants, and there is also the Fountain of Wisdom and another root of Yggdrasil. ”

"If I had the chance, I would."

Said casually, Ryan's figure flashed and flew towards the distance.

As a giant who once guarded the Fountain of Wisdom, Mimir must know it better. In fact, that was originally one of the three options Ryan prepared at the beginning.

As for the last option, it is the Kingdom of Mist, Niflheim, one of the two original kingdoms among the nine kingdoms, which is far opposite to the Kingdom of Fire.

There, the third root of the World Tree grows, and the poisonous dragon Nidhogg eats the roots of Yggdrasil day and night, eventually leading to the arrival of Ragnarok.

Therefore, the beings living in Niflheim had another name in later generations. It's just that their names have been misunderstood in many cases, and even in some records of later generations, they were changed from describing life to describing space.

Their name is - 'Nibelungen'.

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"Every world has its own miracles, what a brilliant civilization."

As he got closer to the roots of Yectrasil, Ryan gradually became aware of the power of this sacred tree that supported the nine realms.

Even if it is withered and dilapidated, the original strong vitality has disappeared, and all the sacred breath has been transformed into death, it still does not damage the power of this sacred tree.

While he was still 'alive', Yggdrasil definitely reached great realms in terms of power. It's just like the Zhoushan Mountain that holds up the sky in later Eastern mythology. Although it has enough power, it does not have the consciousness of integration.

So the latter was knocked down by the Witch God, and the former was eaten by the poisonous dragon and died. Their value in mythology seems to be just to describe the magnitude of the disaster-one brought floods and mending the sky, and the other brought the end of the gods.

"Every world. Haha, this strange Sir, speaking of which, I don't know your name yet?"

Floating next to Ryan, Mimir said with a smile.

"You can call me Ryan. As for my origin, you will know later."

While talking, he did not stop. The roots of the World Tree extending from the void had already occupied everything in front of him.

Rather than saying it is a tree root, it is better to say it is a ‘wooden wall’. Just looking up, the part that should be connected to the main body has been disconnected.

Ryan was somewhat regretful about this. The tree heart that supports the Nine Realms Tree is such a precious treasure. It is unknown whether the main body of Yggdrasil has fallen to which interface, or directly fell into the real void with the collapse of the Nine Realms, returning from ‘existence’ to ‘nothingness’.

“Where is the Urd Spring? Where is it?”

His eyes swept across the ground, but unfortunately, Ryan could not see anything related to the word ‘spring water’ from here, let alone the sacred spring water containing ‘vitality’ and ‘purification’.

Fortunately, there was a ‘local’ with him. Mimir must have been here before he turned into a head.

"In the north, in fact, although the three main roots of Yggdrasil are 'watered' by three springs, it does not directly draw the spring water itself. They coexist to a certain extent."

Looking at Ryan, Mimir does have some level in these professional knowledge:

"Only the oldest spring in the Kingdom of Mist is an exception. It was born at the beginning of creation, so it is different."

"As for the remaining two, as the tree withers, the power of the spring will also decline. I don't know if the spring of Urd is still sacred. I can only take you to find its past location."

"That's enough."

Nodding, Ryan flew to a direction closer to the north under the guidance of Mimir's head.

Yggdrasil's main root is huge, and the 'small' roots extending from it are also dense and numerous. The small ones are only as thick as the trunks of ordinary trees, and the large ones are as big as several houses.

Walking through the dense roots, Ryan quickly found his destination.

Just as Mimir said before, this place is no longer holy.

The Fountain of Urd was once a sacred place for the gathering of the gods. In Scandinavian mythology, its guardians are three goddesses who control destiny, Urd, Beldandi and Skorti, who symbolize the past, present and future respectively.

They also hold the divine power of some laws. From this point of view, it must be said that although the civilizations are different, in some places, the two worlds are surprisingly similar.

It seems that law and destiny are always interdependent.

But that is all in the past. Today, the originally clear spring water has dried up, and there are only bare stones and withered shrubs on the dilapidated surface.

The Frosa Garden by the spring was once a vibrant tree-lined path and delicate and gorgeous flowers, but now it has been tortured beyond recognition by time and desolation. The Fountain of Urd is no longer the place of glory, and the three goddesses who accepted the wishes of living beings have also disappeared.

"It seems that you are right. There is no spring water here anymore."

He sighed, but because of the existence of [Reincarnation], Ryan found a virtual existence in the dried-up spring.

He stretched out his hand and an invisible 'seed' fell into his hand. This is the only trace of this sacred spring water. If another 10,000 or 20,000 years pass, it may completely lose its basis for existence, and this holy land will become history, but now, it is still possible to save it.

Find another coexisting thing for it, and nourish it with the power of the spiritual world, maybe it can give birth to spring water again.

"Next, it's the roots of the tree."

Turning around, looking up at the tall and withered roots, the black sword appeared in Ryan's right hand. The breath of death made Mimir on the side a little frightened, which reminded him of the goddess Hela who was driven to the land of the dead by Odin.

The half-human, half-skeleton goddess not only looks horrible, but also has a bad character. Now Ryan has also shown such power, which makes the giant a little worried.

After all, this doesn't seem to match Ryan's previous easy-to-talk appearance.

"You want to cut it open?"

"Of course, if it still has a little vitality, it can only be in the core. I have to cut it open to find it. If not, it's not bad to just split it and take it away."

The world tree is not an ordinary thing, it can't be destroyed at will. The poisonous dragon Nidhogg took an era to gnaw down its roots. Even if the one in front of it has withered, it is not easy to cut it open.

However, the power of death is really useful in such a place. Holding the black sword with both hands, Ryan slashed it fiercely. With a flash of arc light, the huge "wooden wall" was split from the middle, revealing the fibers inside.

Unfortunately, compared with the huge root system, this damage is nothing at all. The wood here still has no vitality.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he held the black sword tightly again, slashing at the giant tree again and again. The roots gradually revealed their inner parts, but in the end, even when he cut to the core, Ryan still couldn't find the part he wanted.

He thought there would be something in the core, such as juice containing the origin, or something else, but the result was that when Ryan cut the roots as big as mountains into eight pieces, they were no different.

"Why is it like this? Could it be that the roots of Yggdrasil are not as good as the Spring of Urd and the unknown flame?"

The giant tree cut down by Ryan fell to the ground, accompanied by a huge sound, stirring up countless dust, but he just felt puzzled.

One of the three main roots of the world tree, the place where it was originally rooted was the holy spring famous for its vitality. Why couldn't he feel a trace of the original vitality of the sacred tree until it was completely cut down?

Could it be that the connection between the World Tree and the laws of the Nine Realms is so close that it has lost all its power as the world collapses?

"Sir Ryan, look over there."

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Mimir's voice sounded. Ryan looked in the direction of the voice. Where he pointed, a section of the broken root had a "stick" that did not look like a natural one inserted in it.

It looked ordinary, like an ordinary object. But looking at it, Ryan immediately became serious.

A section of obvious man-made objects appeared in the original roots of the World Tree. Even if it was placed in front of him, he could not detect any extraordinary abnormality, which was enough to prove its extraordinaryness.

"What is that?"

Having some guesses in his mind, Ryan still asked the "locals" who knew about it first.

"That is Gungnir, also known as Gungnir, the weapon of the god king Odin, a divine spear made of branches of the world tree. When it is complete, it has the power of 'must hit' and 'penetrate'. As long as it is thrown out, it will definitely pass through the enemy's body. And whoever swears to it, the oath will be fulfilled."

With a look of nostalgia and disbelief, Mimir slowly told the origin of this artifact.

Nodding, as if listening carefully, but in fact, compared to what he said, Ryan knew even more.

It is precisely because of the existence of this divine spear in Scandinavian mythology that the Nordic people of later generations have the tradition of throwing spears at each other before the two armies fight. And because it is said that when Odin threw the spear, it was like a meteor passing through the sky, so people have the legend of making a wish to a shooting star.

This legend has even spread to every corner of the world. Even in the East, where the culture is very different, there are many people looking forward to the appearance of shooting stars.

But at this moment, in front of Ryan and Mimir, this artifact that the God King Odin relied on to win all the time had already broken.

It lost its spear head, leaving only the spear shaft. It still looked a little alive, because it was the one that sucked the vitality left in this root of the world tree Yggdrasil.

Perhaps its owner had thrown the broken spear far away and inserted it deep into the roots, hoping to use the tree to repair the weapon that nurtured him and take it back in the future. But now from the results, he never came back.

". Let's go to the next country."

After a moment of silence, Ryan picked up the broken artifact and looked at it for a while, then put away everything in front of him and said to Mimir beside him.

Looking at this broken spear, although it has been purified after absorbing the vitality of the world tree, Ryan still keenly perceived the remaining power on it.

Or to be more precise, it is the remaining emotions. Ryan felt that his guess should have come true.

"Hate for everything? It looks much more terrifying than the evil creatures I created myself."

Although the ancient evil creature [Sun Devourer] that Ryan once created was also irrational, it only hated one object, that is, the celestial body that releases light and heat, but this cut-off gun is different because it hates everything.

Perhaps, this is a similar existence to Eclipse, but much more powerful and evil. The disappearance of the gun head of the magic gun Gungnir is probably related to this.

"The destruction of a world, haha."

God knows what was born under this symbol.

It can't be said that it was fear or expectation. Ryan summoned the head of Mimir and prepared to leave directly.

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At the same time, when Ryan completed the general exploration of Asgard, in the abyss of Chaos World, the giant snake surrounding the atrium also opened his eyes.

Ryan's main consciousness is gone, but he has always kept a part of his mind on this special incarnation, so the affairs of the spiritual world and the world have recently been fed back to him.

For some things that are not too urgent, Ryan's incarnation doesn't care much. Strictly speaking, he and Ryan's main consciousness are actually one, but he is more inclined to the "evil" side of his character, so in many things, he hopes that they will develop in some interesting directions.

He shouldn't wake up now, but at the moment, the impatient behavior of a certain god king in the world still wakes him up.

The power he once gave told him that the first woman in Chaos' world is about to be born.

"I'm so impatient. I haven't had time to judge the "sinners", but I'm already preparing to pave the way for the next era. Maybe you sensed something?"

The snake body was slightly raised, causing the entire interface to shake.

The small fragments outside the boundary have been pulled into Chaos. They are small enough and should be transformed the fastest. Perhaps within a few hundred years, no matter what the fate of these fragments is, there should be a conclusion.

And it is natural that Zeus, as the king of gods, has noticed this.

"A node."

The low and loud voice echoed in the atrium. Ryan's mind moved, and Lyanna in the spirit world received the message.

She will be ordered to go to Olympus and bring a gift to the new woman. After all, no matter what, she was born from the water of the Well of Origin, the predecessor of the Well of Samsara.

"Go, put its reflection in as my gift to humans, if they can really receive it."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Although she didn't see any figure, Lyanna had already gotten used to it. She took what Ryan ordered and left the spirit world.

In the Nine Hells, Ryan looked through the world and watched what happened on the earth. After experiencing it personally, he also had a deeper understanding of this period of history.

Pandora's Box, a symbol of disaster in legend, contains good or bad things, but before the birth of this magic box, were all things in the world peaceful and harmonious, without disputes and disasters?

Of course not, the magic box is just a symbol. It symbolizes that the gods finally understood some of the mysteries of faith, so each of them put something in the magic box, cursed or blessed, to represent the greatness of God, and "good and evil, good and bad, all come from God."

As for the last "hope" that was locked in the box, it was actually destined to not fly out. After all, how could a fake thing come true?

"In a world controlled by fate, isn't the real hope to jump out of fate?"

The snake body returned to its original position again, and the Ring World Serpent no longer paid attention to these "little things". If the integration of the Nine Realms distorts Chaos' destined fate again, then let him add more fire.

Some people say that "fairy fire" is a term for fantasy fairy heroes, but it is not. Just like the previous Zhuxie Sword, it actually has this translation. Just like Asgard is also translated as Fairy Palace, Nymphs are called fairies, and even Harry Potter has the term "Gublai Fairy Fire". What I call "fairy fire" here is actually taken from here, meaning the ever-bright flame created by magic. There will be no problem with the author in this place. In addition, although Norse mythology is less well-known than Greek mythology, thanks to Marvel and Dragon Clan, although those are magical versions of mythology, everyone should have some impression of the main characters such as Odin, Nidhogg, Loki, and Thor.