The world-devouring dragon

Back in time thousands of years ago...

"Jörmungandr, or...Meng, what exactly is fate in your eyes?"

Hearing this, the big snake that had closed its eyes opened it again. Its cold pupils looked down at the tiny figure under it, but the reason why it opened its eyes was not just because of these words, but also because of what followed. The voices that appeared in its mind together.

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"Ahhh...Loki, you actually..."

At the end of being swallowed by the big snake, the screaming Mimir seemed to have thought of something, struggled and screamed, but before he could finish speaking, the wise giant who had seen almost all time and space had already joined his three daughters. Together they were swallowed into the belly by the violent snake.

Under the huge head of the big snake, the thin Loki looked up at everything in front of him indifferently, watching the Mimir above his head being swallowed up, and then said as if talking to himself.

"Mimir, you think you can sit back and relax if you can make the entire universe reincarnate in this infinite cycle of time. But, as I said, what you have obtained is only wisdom that can be understood by common sense. Wisdom is like the sea, The wisdom that can be understood by common sense is like a small island. You live on this small island, and everything you see, hear, know and experience is on this small island. You claim to be knowledgeable about all things, but in this case In my eyes, they are just ignorant fools after all."

"You only know that time is always repeating infinitely, but you don't know that there is more time than time. Time is never just one kind. The existence sleeping at the end of time is already waiting impatiently... Even if the sacrifice ceremony No matter how grand it is, if Ragnarok repeats itself thousands of times, that existence will eventually get tired of it... Mimir, you said that I am a person destined to resist fate, and you are indeed right, because My existence itself is destiny, but it is not the destiny you think. It is a tool chosen by that existence to end all of this."

"You and I...are just prisoners of fate."

At the end of his speech, Loki's tone paused for no reason, and then he murmured.

On top of Loki's head, the big snake with numerous bone peaks on its back was not interested in what he said at all. It just snorted casually, but this dead life could not create a storm with just one breath like it did in life. Instead, it turned into a violent bone-chilling chill.

There is no joy or anger in its empty eye sockets, nothing, nothing, only the cold and indifferent aura of overlooking it, or in other words, this is his nature.

He vented himself to his heart's content in Ragnarok, and his violence, greed, madness, and ferocity as Jormungandr were all buried in the battle with the God of Thunder, and the rest were buried in death. , it is this deep indifference and coldness.

It is neither a human nor a monster, but an essential thing, just like...the sky.

Heaven's behavior is constant, neither surviving for Yao nor destroying for Jie, neither good nor evil, just overlooking everything indifferently.

"Destiny? Boring stuff."

In the trembling air, a deep voice reached Loki's ears, and Loki could clearly hear the snake's sneer. It was obvious that there was no such thing as fate in the eyes of this big snake.

However, Loki didn't take it seriously, but chuckled and said.

"Meng, what is death in your eyes? Are you afraid of it?"

"Death? It's just a deep sleep for me. Just like human beings need to rest when they are tired. Death is when I feel tired. Life and death are meaningless to me. How can I be afraid of death? Do you think so? Are you afraid of sleeping?"

He sneered in a low tone, with deep arrogance and contempt in it.

Loki then smiled and continued as if he had anticipated Orochi's answer.

"So, you can't understand our deep feelings about fate and that irresistible force. You are not afraid of death, and you don't care about fate, because there are no human emotions in you at all. You are just Just a careless beast..."

At the end of his speech, Loki looked at the huge thing in front of him that was made up of countless bone peaks, and looked at its body... there was nothing there.

"It's empty."

At the end of the sentence, Loki's voice smiled, as if it had some profound meaning.

Then, he stretched out his hand. In his hand was a human heart that was beating quietly, and said quietly.

"Meng, this is the emotion you had when you were a human. I borrowed it... Now, I have returned it to its original owner."

In front of Loki, the big snake slowly lowered its head. The head was so huge that the entire sky above the Wisdom Fountain was filled with white bones. The empty eye sockets made people shudder. Under the overlooking of the big snake, that There is a wonderful connection between the heart and oneself.

"Hoho...hahahahahaha..."

Unexpectedly, looking at the human heart, the big snake let out a deep laugh. The laughter gradually increased, and the deafening laughter set off a whirlwind, as if it was sarcastic.

"Loki, have you made something wrong? To me, this kind of thing is just like the fallen nails of human beings, and it's like apes who like to catch lice before evolving into humans. It's just because I'm trying to surpass humans. It’s just a little bit of residue that was discarded later, so why would I care?”

There was deep pride and arrogance in his voice.

Loki looked at him and said.

"A little bit of residue...? Haha, if that's the case, then give it up."

After speaking, he drew a rune with his hand. In an instant, the space around him formed a void. Then, he casually threw the heart into the void that connected countless universes and worlds. , let it drift with the current in time and space, drifting into an unknown space.

Raising his head and looking up at the giant creature in front of him, Loki raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

"I hope you won't go looking for it because you will regret it one day."

In front of Loki, the arrogant monster just spit out gusts of evil wind at will, not caring about Loki's words at all.

"Rumble..."

At the same time, there was a loud roar outside the fountain of wisdom. It was the vibration caused by the entire World Tree gradually recovering towards the invincible giant. The entire universe was shaking, and the invincible man who had been sleeping for countless thousands of years was shaking. The giant finally wakes up.

Last time, his sleep heralded the birth of the entire world, but this time, his awakening will herald the destruction of the entire world.

However, there are only a few scattered survivors in this universe at this moment.

Loki looked at the sky above the Fountain of Wisdom, and could vaguely see that the infinitely huge World Tree that supported the entire nine worlds was gradually turning into a giant...