You and me under the world tree

"For me, this week I had a very difficult time. Although I was very happy, I also felt angry at the same time."

"..."

"Hodder, can you tell me why I have to meet such an ending."

"..."

Howard had no way to answer this kind of question.

What can he say?

Tell him this body is destined?

Utgarde existed for this moment from birth?

This kind of statement may be true, because Loki's plan is like this, but Hodder can't say it.

Resign yourself to fate?

This is nonsense.

For a moment, Hodder felt that his emotions were a little unstable.

Sympathy maybe?

Hodder didn't know.

He just tried his best to adjust his emotions and calm himself down.

Then, he spoke slowly:

"So, what do you think?"

However, as soon as this question came out of his mouth, Hodder secretly scolded himself for being stupid.

He really didn't know what he should say, but it sounded too stupid!

But for now, Utgard himself obviously doesn't care about such remarks at the level of speech.

He just smiled, a little painfully.

"What do I think..."

he whispered.

"Of course I feel unwilling. I have this feeling from the beginning, but recently, this kind of thinking has become more and more profound."

"..."

unwilling.

this is normal.

So Huo De didn't answer the call, he just looked down at the scenery below.

There was nothing to see, but he had to look, because as a bystander and participant, he didn't dare to look at Utgarde's face.

However, this situation did not last long.

Suddenly, the words that he had to pay attention to echoed in his ears:

"You know, I have actually considered whether to get rid of you. Anyway, as long as you are gone, no one will know that Loki's original plan failed, and of course the so-called backup plan will not be used."

Hearing this, Hodder suddenly raised his head.

The eyes of the two sides met.

And from the giant's eyes, Hodder saw a trace of madness and a trace of seriousness.

Combined with that cold face, the answer is ready to come out:

He is serious.

Not joking there, he might really have such an idea.

Whether it was to protect himself, or simply not wanting the woman he valued to be sad because of it.

But, it's kind of stupid for him to say that.

"If you really wanted to kill me, you would have made your decision more than a week ago, on the night we met."

Howard said in a low voice.

"It's too late anyway, because I've already met a lot of people."

"Have you met Diaz?"

"There are also Su Dong and Farbouti, I have seen them all."

"Is that so..."

In the end, Utgarde said nothing more.

He just continued to drive the chariot, and the two continued to fly in the air, and soon entered a hot area.

Just looking down like this, Hodder could even vaguely see sparks floating.

This is the valley of flames, but it is not a volcano in the true sense. It is only called this because of the flames it burns.

It's also worth mentioning that it's geographically located between the icy realms of the King of Hustle and the sea of ​​the King of the Sea.

It is like a barrier separating the two lands.

And the flames burning in this valley are not ordinary fires.

At least it wasn't magic, or the power of some giant or god.

This flame came from Muspelheim.

It is never extinguished and the temperature is extremely high, so it is also called the "inextinguishable fire", and the sun, moon and stars originate from this flame.

Even, because of the burning of this kind of flame, this flame valley is like the 'territory' of the barren kingdom of flames in the kingdom of giants.

"I even feel that Sirte invaded..."

Staring at the flames below, Huo De said helplessly.

He wanted to find something to talk about, but unfortunately, Utgard, who always liked to joke, had no intention of answering.

"Sinmara lives here with her children."

The chariot drove straight down like this.

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Good night everyone_(:з」∠)_

Chapter 89: Into the Abyss

Just like that, the fiery wind hit Hodder's face directly.

Unprepared, his black hood even sparked a flame.

Before the flames spread completely on the clothes around him, a burst of cold air surged along with the magic, completely extinguishing the flames.

"It's really not careless at all."

With the spread of rune magic, Hodder quickly applied protection and cooling magic to his ordinary adventure clothing.

And around the same time, Utgarde did the same.

With him as the center, a layer of protective cover also spread out, wrapping his huge body.

As for the chariot itself, there is no need to care about this kind of thing, because it seems to have taken various protective properties into consideration from the beginning of its design.

Just a casual glance, Hodder saw that the rune magic on the chariot was running smoothly, and these were enough to protect it from being destroyed by the hot environment here.

As for the two giant beasts pulling the cart, they seem to be creatures of this valley of flames.

When the two giant beasts entered the range of the valley of flames, the hair on their bodies began to burn like flames, and their skin even cracked due to this.

These creatures are actually very interesting, as if the blood flowing in their bodies is not blood, but flames and lava.

This is true of the flame beast responsible for Utgardra's cart, and the same is true of Dietrich's nightmare horse.

In 'full fire' they don't even look like creatures at all, but more like elementals constructed of molten fire.

However, they are indeed living things, that's right, they just let the flames from Muspelheim flow in their bodies, and they are even inseparable from life.

Thinking of this, Huo De couldn't help but look around.

As the chariot gradually approached, the continuously spewing flames and flowing lava made Hodder feel a little hot.

Obviously he has protected himself with magic, but this extremely strong visual effect still makes him feel hot-headed.

"It's really... If I feel here, my whole body will burn."

Just muttering like this, Huo De slowly stretched out his hand, and a ray of flame floated towards him like snowflakes, and finally fell into his palm and disappeared completely.

Then, the chariot stopped in front of a huge cave.

This is the highest point and the center of the Flame Valley.

However, the environment here has not improved in the slightest.

Just looking down like this, Hodder can see the flame creatures that inhabit this land.

There are some things that he can't judge with biological common sense, so he can only judge by simple appearance.

The ones running in groups over there were probably wolves, and the odd-toed ungulates with extremely long limbs were war horses of the same family as Falk.

In addition, there are even eagles flying in the sky.

It may be because the terrain of the flame valley itself is not as huge as the territories ruled by other giant kings, so there are no outrageously huge creatures in it.

But even so, Hodder still felt a frightening madness from those flame creatures.

This kind of madness is not from some animals, but from the overall environment here, even from that woman.

You know, there are no 'native species' in Muspelheim itself.

There are no flesh and blood creatures there, only the real flame giant - Surte.

And the existence of the so-called barren beasts and nightmare beasts that blazed from their bodies were all deliberately fabricated by a certain woman.

It was precisely because she brought a group of animals from Jotunheim to Muspelheim that she had these flame creatures.

"Simara..."

Just chanting that woman's name, Hodder couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"She shouldn't be a flame giant herself."

"Yes, Simmara is a frost giant."

"But even if she returns to Jotunheim, she still lives in this kind of place."

At this time, what can he say?

Should it be said that Simmara has gotten used to this scorching environment?

Or had the time spent living in Musbell and acting as Soult's wife had completely distorted her aesthetics?

Hodder didn't know.

"Let's go, Simmara's residence is similar to that of Farbati and the others, both in the cave."

As he gazed at the burning landscape, Utgarde's voice sounded.

And when Hodder turned his head, he found that the giant had already walked into the cave.

The cave was dark, and compared with the flames burning outside, it even felt like a hollow abyss.

In Huo De's eyes, Utgard was walking towards the empty abyss step by step, but as a fellow traveller, he couldn't stop anything.

"Well, I see."

Before the giant's figure was completely swallowed by the hollow darkness, Hodder followed up.

There were no candle lamps or torches inside the cave. It was so dark inside, but Utgard had no idea of ​​lighting.