Chapter 106. Ragnarök (5) Mistletoe Kiss

     The woman with long golden hair suddenly laughed and said, “You are not from the Central Court. You have a space energy stronger than the Rainbow Bridge. You come from the outside world, outside this world.”

     Ye Mo was stunned. Is this the power of the gods? She admitted, “Yes.”

     The woman with long golden hair didn’t care where Ye Mo came from. She gave Ye Mo a popular science myth.

     “In the beginning, the world was a void. Within a dense fog, a chasm called Ginnungagap^[1]In Norse mythology, Ginnungagap is the primordial void that existed before the world was created. The name Ginnungagap translates to “yawning void” or “magical void” in Old … Continue reading appeared. North of the chasm was the icy world of Niflheim, and south of the chasm was the fiery realm of Muspellheim. From this world of ice and fire, emerged Ymir, the progenitor of the giants, and Yggdrasil, the World Tree.

     Ymir was the ancestor of all giants, excluding the gods. Elves, dwarves, and beasts were created as Ymir’s minions.

     Until another primordial being, Buri, was born from the ice. Buri was the ancestor of the Aesir and Vanir gods. A conflict was destined between the two giants, and after countless battles, Odin, a descendant of Buri and a member of the Aesir gods, emerged victorious and began ruling the entire world.

     Odin planted Yggdrasil on Ymir’s body, dividing the world into three layers and nine realms, turning Ymir’s head into the sky, brain into clouds, body into the earth, blood into the ocean, and bones into mountains. Odin then used Ymir’s magic and hair to create women, men, and animals, and the creatures of nine realms continue to exist to this day. ”@

     Ye Mo listened quietly to the beginning of the Norse mythology. It was about 70% similar to the Norse mythology in the real world, otherwise she wouldn’t have understood it. In the real world, the beginnings of mythologies from each continent are more or less similar, with Ymir being comparable to Ymir≈Pangu, Odin≈Nuwa or God.

     Odin is the ancestor of humanity. Because of this, the giants harbor resentment towards humans. This apocalyptic tragedy in the creation myth originates from the very beginning of creation, rooted in the death of Ymir.

     The World Tree is currently withering away. Once it’s completely destroyed, the world will return to a desolate state. Even Frigg, the queen of the Nine Worlds, doesn’t know where the seeds of a new World Tree might be.

     Yes, Frija/Freya.

     The goddess in front of her is Odin’s wife. She has the right to rule in both heaven and the underworld. The myths circulated in the patriarchal society always weaken the goddess’s power. Frigg’s power is second only to Odin, and she was born in the Vanir clan, and even mastered the spell that Odin didn’t know.

     After guessing her identity, Ye Mo was a little embarrassed because her husband Odin’s Eternal Spear was in the space. The reason she didn’t take it out was because the wolf Fenrir who killed Odin was with the spear.

     Freya didn’t care about this. She knew from the beginning that there was also Thor’s Hammer. This weak human could actually collect both at the same time. Her physique is very special.

     Thinking of this, the goddess smiled.

     She had never thought that the last person she had ever seen in the world was an ordinary human being, and an ordinary human being who came from nowhere. Perhaps this was fate. The world would not be forever in darkness, and their stories might still be passed down.

     “I don’t know where the World Tree is, but there is definitely no World Tree in Asgard. You have to look for it in other realms. Perhaps Hawkeye can help you. Every blade of grass and every tree within a thousand miles cannot escape its eyes. But child, you have to speed up, because this World Tree has not much time left, and its roots are already rotting.”

     Ye Mo: “Thank you, Queen.”

     Frija’s smile was beautiful and moving: “Little guy, come a little closer, under this mistletoe.”

     Ye Mo: “?”

     But she did it, but compared to the giantess in front of her, her body was really small.

     “Little guy, have you heard of the mistletoe kiss?” Frigga suddenly asked.

     Of course Ye Mo had heard of it, but she had only heard of the couple version. According to legend, loving couples kiss under the mistletoe tree, and they will be together forever. “Sorry, I don’t know.”

     “It’s okay if you don’t know, little guy, tell me your name–” Frigga coughed, she was already very weak, and her voice was much smaller.

     Ye Mo was stunned for a moment, looking at the weak queen, and chose to quickly answer her name: “Ye Mo.”

     “What a strange name, Ye Mo, Ye Mo.” As soon as the voice fell, Queen Frija closed her eyes.

     Her body was shining with stars, and at the same time, Ye Mo seemed to feel that there was energy kissing her cheek gently, just a very light point, but it was definitely not her illusion.

     “Goddess Freya, thank you.”

     Ye Mo didn’t know what the mistletoe kiss was for, and bowed deeply to Queen Freya.

     At the same time, Hawkeye outside the door finally came in.

     Unlike the calm and furious just now, its figure was as weak as a football at this moment, and its eyes were full of tears. The colorless tears came out of the eye sockets and turned into water vapor and dissipated in the air.

     The more it cried, the thinner it became. Once angry, it becomes round and fat again.

…

     Ye Mo quietly waited for the eye to sort out its sad emotions until Hawkeye took the initiative to touch her hand. There was no tactile sensation, but it seemed that there was an extra round eye the size of a fingernail on the back of her hand.

     At this time, she could share the vision of this eye.

     Ye Mo thought that her vision was very sharp, but it was far from Hawkeye’s. It was not only a matter of details, but also that it could penetrate all objects and see what it wanted to see.

     Including perspective.

     It’s just that this kind of sweeping was entirely determined by Hawkeye. This high-speed scanning made her a little dizzy, and even felt sick for a long time, and it would affect her own vision.

     “Stop! I still need to adapt. Can you stare at one place and not rotate?”

     Although Hawkeye can’t speak, it can give contempt when it merges with Ye Mo’s body.

     Ye Mo smiled: “Hawkeye, can’t you do this? I thought it was simple.”

     After these words came out, Hawkeye almost turned into a dead fish eye, staring at the fallen golden throne tightly without moving.

     Okay, it’s better to be golden than to run at high speed!

…

     After Ye Mo bowed to the positions of Freya and Odin, she left the magnificent palace, left Valhalla with Hawkeye, and left Vigrid Field.

     Their goal was the Asgard Rainbow Bridge.

     Originally, each of the 9 realms was connected to the others. However, a fierce divine civil war erupted between Asgard and Vanaheim, and Odin cut off the retreat. Since then, Asgard has become the only independent realm. Precisely because of this internal strife between the two divine realms, the giants seized the opportunity.

     Since there is no world tree in Asgard, then the world tree must be in the other 8 realms. Now that the gods and evil gods are dead, the only way to get from Asgard to other realms is the Rainbow Bridge.

     Another journey.

   【Side Quest 15: Kill the Niflheim Frost Giant (74/100)

   【Complete Side Quest 16: Kill the Muspelheim Fire Giant (71/100). 】

     Maybe it was the mistletoe kiss of the goddess Freya, or maybe there was an extra eye to accompany her. Even though this companion was arrogant and could not speak, Ye Mo’s journey was no longer lonely, and with the help of Hawkeye’s Thousand Miles Eye, the danger dropped sharply.

     But this eye often made Ye Mo feel dizzy and vomited, and it really hated giants, and often led her astray because of it. Fortunately, it personality was easy to guess.

     Showing off one’s intelligence and bravery. Naturally, one won’t be lonely.

     After many times, Hawkeye’s favorite place to stay was no longer Ye Mo’s hand, but her forehead. Although it was not necessarily the center, it often moved mischievously left and right, but it always gave her the illusion of being the Erlang God^[2]二郎神” (Èr láng shén): A Chinese deity often depicted with a third eye on his forehead. in the Chinese legend.

     “…”

     In the process of mutual adjustment and adaptation, Hawkeye finally truly accepted this different little human.

…

     After the Bigu Pill was consumed, in order not to starve to death, she had to take the last pack of Zhuyu Witch Medicine. On the seventh day after taking Zhuyu Witch Medicine, Ye Mo finally came to the Rainbow Bridge with Hawkeye.

     As the name suggests, the Rainbow Bridge is in the shape of a curved rainbow, hanging in the sky. The door of the Hall of Heroes is also made in imitation of the Rainbow Bridge. It is based on the most important ice and fire in this world, and with the third color of space energy, it can pass through all realms.

     The guardian of the Rainbow Bridge is Heimdall, the god of dawn.

     During the Ragnarok, Loki led the giants and behemoths to the Asgard world through the Rainbow Bridge. He and Heimdall fought, and the battle ended with the death of both sides.

     Ye Mo saw Heimdall’s body near the Rainbow Bridge, and also saw Loki’s head. Just like the legend, due to long-term imprisonment and punishment, his face was as pale as the legendary vampire, and his long hair and beard stood up angrily, looking like he had horns.

     “Let’s go!”

     Ye Mo jumped lightly and walked onto the Rainbow Bridge.

     At that moment, her body felt the intense contrast of fire and ice, along with the power of space. Her mind immediately conjured up the image of the central world, Midgard, and she even voiced it aloud, because if she didn’t go to Midgard soon, she might actually starve.

……

     The Central world, Midgard.

     A rainbow broke through the white sky, a rare sight for the Central Courtyard people who had long been accustomed to a monochrome sky. They rushed out to watch and make wishes.

     Only a few people would notice that after the rainbow passed, a small shadow fell from the sky. Because the shadow was really small, most of them thought it was an illusion, and some thought it was something dropped by the gods.

     Because she didn’t have a cool, giant flying mount, Ye Mo was experiencing the feeling of rapidly descending. She kept throwing out waste to slow her descent and kicked her feet to reduce acceleration, repeating this process multiple times.

     Due to the roaring wind and flying snow, she almost overturned when throwing out the waste. A giant’s heavy weapon saved her life. After adapting to the environment, she no longer made such fatal mistakes.

     Plop——

     Finally, she landed in a pile of white snow. It wasn’t the stylish entrance she had hoped for, she made quite a big hole.