Chapter 114. Ragnarök (13) She failed, and they died with eyes wide open ^[1]她失败，他们死不瞑目 (Tā shībài, tāmen sǐ bù míngmù) is a Chinese idiom that translates to “She failed, and they died with eyes wide open” in English.This idiom is used … Continue reading

     The two dwarves’ usually clever eyes didn’t move around anymore. The journey ahead seemed to be a matter of letting things take their course, a sense of resignation had settled over them. They answered every question they were asked, their cooperation was the highest in the history of the dwarf world.

     After a while, when the dwarves were making the space key, Ye Mo also started to operate it on the side.

      The space key is like an invisible bridge, and the space node is like the three-dimensional coordinates of the Nordic world. The key, together with the space array nodes in two locations, can successfully perform space transfer under the dark mountain giant realm, which can be either one-time or multiple-times.

     There are two basic prerequisites for carving space keys. The first is that the coordinates cannot be written incorrectly, and the second is that the space spiritual source is sufficient. As for carving the array, it is a purely technical problem.

     The two dwarves are highly skilled, but they are not good teachers. Fortunately, Ye Mo is a good student, and there are a lot of materials and energy gems in the space, so she can waste them at will.

     By using mental power to scan a few more times and make it once or twice, she finally mastered a little trick and made a one-time space key.

     Dick closed his eyes and trying to ignore the energy wasted by this Midgard man. In the end, he couldn’t help but point out some problems, telling her not to waste any more of the bright and shiny magic beast gems.

     The dwarves are afraid of light, but they all like some beautiful things that are bright.

     Ye Mo: “Thank you.”

     With Dick and Kaci’s ‘help’ and ‘guidance’, her understanding of space arrays and spatial energy deepened, as did her knowledge of Rune magic. The biggest difference between dwarves and goblins is that they are not just craftsmen, but alchemists with high intelligence!

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     In a sense, the Rainbow Bridge is also a space key, but this space key can permanently connect Asgard to any coordinate of the Nine Realms, and its energy covers the entire Nordic world.

     Dick: “Most of the energy of the Rainbow Bridge comes from the Ice Kingdom and the Mist Kingdom. Loki and his team also relied on this to break through the defense and fight Odin in Asgard.”

     Although Dick was chosen by the Lord God Odin, he was different from the priests’ beliefs and the elves’ obedience. When talking about the Lord God Odin, his voice was very calm, and his emotions were slightly rejected. When talking about Loki, his voice was calm and his emotions were obviously disgusted.

     In short, they didn’t have a good impression of each other.

     When Ye Mo fell from the realm of the Mountain Giants to the realm of the Dwarves, she could roughly understand their intentions.

     The Dwarven realm was a dark and desolate place. Most of the dwarves’ dwellings were still underground, but because the giants’ weapons were too large, they built their workshops on the wasteland, forging them with ore.

     When Odin created the realm of the Dwarves, he isolated its energy source, or perhaps he deliberately scattered and diluted the spiritual energy of this realm.

     In the Dwarven realm, the concentration of spiritual energy in the air is as thin as that of the Spring and Autumn period, mainly composed of pitifully small amounts of yin and cold energy. This is why the dwarves often give people a gloomy feeling.

     The realm of the Dwarves is located in the five layers of the underworld, dwelling among the heaps of the rebellious giants. When the Queen of the Underworld, Hela, betrayed Odin, they either fled or followed the betrayal, forging weapons for them.

     For example, Kaci submitted to the Mountain Giants, forging for them, and then escaped. Dick survived this war, so he still knows the Rune writings. They were once each other’s masters, and now they have become companions again, because they all know that they are all forced.

     After Ragnarok, the dwarves faced not only the impending doom of the world, but also the living giants who are killing them. The entire dwarven realm fell into a bloody abyss

     It was night at this time. Ye Mo saw many large pits hammered by mountain giants, glass products burned by fire giants at high temperatures, and wells blocked by ice and snow by frost giants on the wasteland. Among them, ice and snow attack the most. The highest energy of the five elements in this world is ice.

     Basically, there are more or less dwarf corpses under each disaster area, and there are also many living dwarves, but they rarely collect corpses for their own people, except for their relatives or companions.

     Most of the workshops on the ground were destroyed.

     With the perspective of HawkEye, Ye Mo saw some equipment that had not been dismantled or destroyed in the few workshops that had been luckily preserved from the semi-ruins, and witnessed a glimpse of the dwarfs’ alchemy.

     The three people inevitably met other dwarves. They were surprised and puzzled when they saw Ye Mo, but their final reaction was basically to stay away indifferently, and they didn’t say hello to Kaci and Dick.

     Until Ye Mo inadvertently showed the magic beast core and plants, a dwarf finally came up to talk to Kaci Dick.

     Of course, their first purpose was not to talk, but to rob.

     Therefore, she showed her strength and agility, and locked all the dwarves who took action in the anti-space array. After learning the space array for so many days, her anti-space skills have improved a lot.

     Kaci and Dick also failed to escape and were thrown into the anti-space array.

     As for the dwarves who did not attack or watch the battle, they had already disappeared and fled far away.

     Ye Mo took out a five-element gathering chair from the space, sat down, and said to the dwarves: “It seems that you don’t like fair trade? Then I can satisfy your wishes.”

     Dwarves: “…”

     Where did this nemesis of the dwarf world come from?

…

     The dwarves lied one after another, and Ye Mo was in a hurry. Not only did she expose them directly, but she also really used a “ruthless move”.

     She snapped her fingers, and with a bang, Thor’s hammer hit the ground hard, creating a huge pit. There were several more lightning bolts in the air, and the dwarves’ hair stood up.

     This immediately focused the attention of the dwarves. This was forged by their ancestors. This Midgard man was able to get Thor’s hammer in the hands of Thor and survive the Ragnarök.

     How is it possible? !

     Including Kaci and Dick who followed all the way, the dwarves were really shocked by the Thor’s hammer, especially when their lies were exposed, the black-haired and black-eyed Midgard man in front of them seemed to have the ability to read minds.

     Since Thor’s hammer was shown, Ye Mo used the artifact as the opening topic to solve the doubts in her heart.

     The process of making an Artifact Divine weapon requires not only superb skills, but also massive amounts of energy provided by the gods in the form of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth elements, as well as rare and precious materials, and flames of a purple level or above that surpass even the fire giants. Even if all of these are available, the chances of successfully forging one are still extremely low.

     Because of this, the gods also rely on chance and luck to obtain the artifact. There are no more than ten named artifacts in Norse mythology, and two of them are currently in Ye Mo’s hands.

     Ye Mo asked again: “The handle of Thor’s hammer is a branch of Yggdrasil. Who cut it?”

     The dwarves replied, “Loki, Loki is a third-generation Frost Giant. He not only wields all kinds of frost magic, but is also an excellent shapeshifter, capable of imitating other animals. Mjolnir was a branch of the world tree that Loki cut at the border of ice and fire. He also found many treasures and energy sources there. Odin’s Gungnir, the ship Skidbladnir, and Thor’s Mjolnir were all made from materials and energy sources found by Loki. But surprisingly, these artifacts were not suitable for Frost Giants.”

     The cooperation between gods and their divine weapons often requires a high degree of compatibility. Loki’s plan was to combine gold with water or electricity with water, but unexpectedly, the unearthed divine artifact’s photoelectric properties were more suitable for the pure gold-attributed Aesir gods.

     Ye Mo had no doubt about her low compatibility with Thor’s Hammer. The main obstacle was the size, but she still inquired about Thor’s Hammer’s characteristics, weight, material, and other information.

     It can be confirmed that the dwarves were telling the truth.

     Focusing on the topic of divine artifacts, Ye Mo inquired about three things: First, information about the World Tree; second, information about the realms of Hel (the underworld), Niflheim (the land of ice), and Muspelheim (the land of fire), and third, knowledge and equipment related to weapons, armor, and alchemy.

     Regarding the first point, the dwarves generally knew about the World Tree’s impending doom, but they were unsure of the specifics. Second, some of the dwarves had ventured into the territories of the frost giants and fire giants, and could provide information about those realms, as well as survival tips.

     Third, the alchemical knowledge was too vast and complex, raising many new questions while answering others. The dwarves’ equipment and weapons were too small in size, requiring some to be reforged. Some were forcibly exchanged, such as fire- and cold-resistant armor, gas masks, light boots, and alchemical equipment.

     After half a day, Ye Mo reclaimed Thor’s Hammer, pick up Kaci and Dick, bid farewell to the dwarves, and left behind some exotic plants and magic beast cores as tuition fees.

     Watching the departing figure of their nemesis, the dwarves exchanged glances, seemingly understanding something from each other’s eyes. There was a hint of disbelief, but what could they do?

     After a round of internal resource struggles, they each dug tunnels and left. The desolate land quickly returned to silence, but without a doubt, the traveler’s reputation spread like wildfire throughout the dwarf realm.

     Could they possibly expect something?

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   What Dwarven realm lacks the least is space nodes. Ye Mo actually met some dwarves in these space nodes. They came to make a deal, a deal that made them feel so painful that their hearts were bleeding.

     Although they obtained a lot of mineral resources, exotic plants, magic beast cores, and even energy gems, they still felt that this was the worst, most unprofitable, and unluckiest deal the dwarves had ever made.

     If she fails, they will truly die without regret.

    “…”

    Due to the convenience of the space node, Ye Mo saw the legendary underworld within two days.

     Helheim was once a realm of turbulent, black waters. Now, it’s a placid expanse. Above the dark waters, a colossal statue of a giantess looms. Only her triangular torso is visible above the surface, her face shrouded in shadow, obscuring her features.

     Dick remarked, “This is a life-sized statue of Hela, the ruler of Helheim. With Hela’s demise, the souls of those who die in Midgard no longer journey to the underworld. The souls that were already here have diminished significantly during the war. Hence the tranquility. The river of the dead, the Helgrind^[2]Helgrind: The gate or river that separates the world of the living from Helheim. It’s often described as a terrifying and turbulent barrier., used to be a raging torrent.”

     Ye Mo took back the anti-space handcuffs. Technical exchanges on the road are also a kind of exchange. She said: “You can go.”

     Dick and Kaci looked at each other, but did not leave immediately. After hesitating for a while, the former said: “Traveler, you will definitely find the seed of Yggdrasil.”

     Then they left.

    In fact, they did not walk far. They dug a hole and came back, secretly looking at Ye Mo’s back.