Ikuta finished his morning routine and headed for Mount Olympus , not everyone had faith that the storm would be calm that easily but Ikuta was beyond confident he was absolutely sure he didn't need to worry about anything .
He climbed the structure with ease and was even doing dangerous leaps of faith constantly " Hey don't forget about Arachne ? " " I know but it's not like there's nothing inside the globe for her to survive . "
Ikuta continues walking through the darkness that stretched out to hold the surging mana in place " Do you even know how to use the bifrost ? " " Yep Vedrfolnir and Odin's eye taught me how "
" How does it work ? " " Well the information still isn't complete Vedrfolnir told me to search for Urdarbrunnr " " But Odin hung himself for that and it took like nine days " " Yeah I thought about that too but when I went to visit Hecate she said this "
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" You will be fine " " Huh how do you know ? " " As the crossroads being one of my domains I can see a bit of the future it's not so strong but think of it like this , a person with lesser eyesight could tell there is a path if it is big enough , your path to Urdarbrunnr is very clear even to me "
Hecate's words instilled some confidence but the vagueness of her sight through the future made Ikuta curious " Why is it only a bit of the future ? " " Because I'm not as strong as the Fates or as the Aesirs love to call them in their language the Norns "
" Can you tell me about the Norns like how they died ? " Hecate smiled seeing the great curiosity that matched Odin's eye's desire for knowledge " Why not , They simply died during ragnarok , they already knew of their deaths but didn't know when it was coming "
" How ? I thought they knew a lot " " They used to , think of it like this Bright child , if you throw a ball what would affect it ? " " Depends if there's gravity "
" Exactly , now if we add more variables perhaps say obstacles you would find difficulty predicting its trajectory but you would still be able to see it right ? "
Ikuta nodded " Then what if the obstacles were moving ? " " It would be hard " Hecate nodded " So as time passes the ability to foresee the future becomes more difficult which is why bright child be careful out there "
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' Maybe that's why the one who has this power isn't so good at it ' " Anyways we still have to find big bro Zhack " " You're calling him that already ? " Stork asked " What you get to call the cute otter little bro "
" Well he was pretty popular with many ladies like that sage Estrea " Ikuta couldn't believe that he remembered the stories where many ladies would try to charm Zhack just because he was very cute thanks to how Stork telling him he looked the same as the other otterfolks and needed a way to stand out .
" I'm glad that's almost over " " Oh please I looked at that thing called the internet and people still accurately depict the adventurer at least he doesn't have exaggerated paintings of himself which proves that he did spread his name so far ... and yet he was the youngest to die among us "
Ikuta arrived at the entrance of the home of gods , you wouldn't say this place was beautiful because it was full of ruins " But why is there no corpse ? "
" Someone wasn't paying attention to history class , Surtr burned the entirety of Mount Olympus along with Yggdrasil , after ragnarok the flames of Surtr that had spread combined with Hestia's flames , so most of the gods are probably in her abode which I have to say should look good unless the years hasn't been kind to her "
" It wasn't " Ikuta walked around wondering what he could scavenge " Hestia did say her sacred flames never burned anything metal before " " Why did she start burning them ? " " She said something about being interested in them "
Ikuta looked around the field " But that should mean I can find some interesting things around here " Ikuta looked around " Oh look a giant sword " " Pretty big " Ikuta used the runes from the dwarves to shrink it and grabbed it .
" This is definitely Surtr's flaming sword " " No flames though " Ikuta smiled and ignited it " Oh right you did have that otherworlder's granted flames " Ikuta retrieved the fire disappointed that there were no runes that made the sword look cool .
" Maybe I can find it at Urdarbrunnr " Gungnir appears to point the directions and they see a giant root at Urdarbrunnr " That's obviously Yggdrasil or at least one of her roots " Odin's eye quickly tells Ikuta what it was .
" Wow this is a big treasure " " Why ? " " It's Yukina's siblings " " So there are seeds in that root " " Yeah " Ikuta turned to the well which started spewing out books " Woah " Ikuta grabbed the books one by one and by the time it ended all of Yggdrasil's roots was gone leaving seeds only seeds .
" Wh-what ? Stork what do I ? " " I don't know ? " Ikuta was just glad they disappeared and scooped all the seeds and kept them inside a box to protect them " For now I'll read these books " Ikuta ignored most of them and found just the right one .
" Here I can build the Bifrost with this but first let's look for Zhack " using Gungnir Ikuta reached a rotting corpse " Uhm would you like to do the honours "
" Okay first off the question is if I resurrect him now would I have to go to the underworld to get his soul and make him pretend that he can't see dad or is his soul in here like Harkness and I have to use the Pandora's box ? "
" We'll see " Ikuta activated the spell consuming a ton of lifeforce and turning the skeleton into a proper living body . they waited for a while and used Pandora's box " Haaaaahhh " Zhack breathed out .
" woah who are you people ? " Ikuta didn't want to explain and left Stork " Zhack let me tell you what happened " " Stork ? " Ikuta reads more about the Bifrost while Zhack was updated on the recent news .
" But that's just weird man having a dwarf like you as a brother " " shush you're lucky you didn't end up like my friends and whatever you do , do not show yourself in front of mother " " I only had a father " " we went over this already I was taken care by a mother you had a father "
" Fine but I would like it if I could get the Ratatoskr that I knew " Zhack turns to Ikuta " You have a long hair " " I didn't visit the barber and after dad said something could happen I haven't been cutting it for a long time "
" Weird " Zhack looked at how straight Ikuta's hair was " Dang it looks silky compared to mine " " We'll probably send you to Harkness " Zhack remembers the noble family that go by that name " I always thought they were creepy whenever they looked at me with those soulless eyes "
Ikuta finishes the book about the Bifrost and took all the materials , Red burning charcoal , Orange amber , Yellow gold , Green leaf , Blue ice , Indigo ore and Violet wood " Okay I can make the Bifrost now "
" You gonna make what now ? " " The Bifrost , I need it to go to Valhalla to get Eikthyrnir " " Why ? " Ikuta looked at the sword " It's too long ask Stork " " What ? Why'd you give me that kind of task ? "
" Okay so first I have to do it in the color of the rainbow " Ikuta ignored Stork and started assembling the Bifrost " Hello Petra " " Yes young master ? " " Can you tell everyone that a rainbow is going to appear I want to make sure that nobody is scared when they see it "
Petra remembers the time he mentioned the Bifrost " Are you confident that you will make the Bifrost appear " " Yep " Petra made the announcement " Everyone a rainbow will appear , do not panic , it is what the young master made "
As she announced that a giant rainbow appeared piercing the sky " Oh it worked " Ikuta put the book in his backpack " Wanna come " " Sure " Zhack was curious about what Valhalla looks like " where is Mjolnir by the way ? " Ikuta asked " Oh I have my own spatial storage for that , in fact , I was the one who made spatial bags available for everyone "
Zhack said and materialized Mjolnir " But my bag is a little different I can just make them appear " " It really is a sword " " I even made runes for it , also that sword you have seems new " " It took a while for someone to open to Niflheim and someone like Berg to appear " Stork said .
They continue walking the Bifrost bridge " Hey have you ever wondered how we can stand like this ? " Ikuta asked " I think it's because the bridge has some built in gravity function " Zhack replied " How do you know "
" He has an affinity towards force which is why he was able to make the spatial bag " Stork answered " That's amazing " " Do you think you can go faster ? " Zhack asked with a smile " Oh right we should hurry up then "
Ikuta dashed without a signal " HEY THAT'S CHEATING " Zhack activates his thunder and followed Ikuta even passing him ' That looked a lot like Ratatoskr ' Ikuta assumed Zhack must've learned that from Ratatoskr .
Zhack ran through the rainbow and finally saw Asgard which he was closing in , he saw Himinborg and arrives at Asgard .
" Haha I beat you " Zhack said excitedly " Not bad I'm still as good as I remember ? " He looked at Valhalla a massive structure empty inside with many training grounds that can be used and has stood the test of time .
" Asgard is so lifeless , they did fight at Mount Olympus " Zhack was excited about looting anything in here . The two arrived to see the amazing realm of Asgard " Wow this is beautiful " " Hey Ikuta look at that over there ? " Zhack pointed at a tall tree that was growing beside Valhalla " That Laerad I need that "
" Oh this tree is really beautiful " Odin's eye gave Ikuta more information about the tree " I should be able to shrink it right ? " " Definitly " " Okay , Zhack can you help me find Eikthyrnir ? " " Sure I'll also look for Heidrun " " Even though you can't handle alcohol very well "
" I'll just have to learn that thing about the digestive fire and I'll be able to do something about it " Zhack runs off while Ikuta is thinking about it " I'm pretty sure you have to look at the liver for that one "
" Ignore him it's not like he can't learn it on his own " While Ikuta was drawing the runes to shrink it into a snow globe " And done " Ikuta put a tiny Laerad inside his back pack .
He looked at Valhalla and at the fields where the other half of the slain were sent ' I can't find the saintess anywhere ' he remembered how the saintess was supposed to be at Valhalla " Chara "
" What are you doing ? " " Just saying her name I don't know how to find them " " You could try to use whatever runes Odin has in that hall "
Ikuta looked at the Valhalla building and Odin's eye told him that there was a ressurection spell " It looks just like the same spell I used on Nidhogg " " So you're saying that Eikthyrnir was the one who allowed Valhalla to ressurect ? " " Vedrfolnir did say that it could help me feed the Voidlings so it must be it "
" So you can activate it " " I'll try at least " Ikuta went to work while Stork was thinking about Laerad ' Maybe Odin snapped the branch he hanged himself and moved it here to supply the lifeforce needed to ressurect '
" Found it " Ikuta figured it out and started resurrecting the elf . The souls that were supposed to be lined up for resurrection were a chaotic mess , even though everyone was unconscious the movement of the souls still didn't stop .
Chara's soul was hit with his father's power , Ikuta had to be careful about it and resurrected Chara's soul but in doing so his father's power also followed and latched on to a different soul that bumped Chara's . Chara was resurrected in her new body .
She was more relaxed about her resurrection and looked at Ikuta and then at the empty hall " Who are you ? " " Oh do you not remember seeing a dark figure " Chara jolted to Ikuta " You know what that is ? " " Yeah it's a very long story "
Ikuta took the time to explain it to Chara " What a weird family we are " " Dad is the weirdest " " Yeah so this Zhack is friends with Ratatoskr and now you have a problem that is contradicting the Ratatoskr with you "
Ikuta nodded " That'll be difficult if he decided to recognize Ratatoskr without restraint " the door to Valhalla slams open " Yo I got this " They looked at the skeleton that was in Zhack's hands " This guy has a dark dart on them I thought you might know something about it " Chara was able to see that was Heimdall .
" You found Heimdall did he also kill Loki ? " " Nope Loki is still alive but he goes by Lodurr now " Stork said " Just think about Heimdall if you get his eye you will be able to find Eikthyrnir " " I actually was gonna give you Gungnir but you ran off "
Chara dusted herself " Forget Heimdall's body it would be a severe waste of lifeforce to bring it back " " Oh okay " Zhack tossed the corpse nonchalantly " Can I borrow Gungnir by the way " Ikuta gave Zhack Gungnir before leaving and Chara asked .
" Is that guy okay ? " " Excuse his behavior Chara , he hates gods a lot which was why he didn't care when I was handed Mjolnir to be turned into a sword " " It's probably for the best however it's amazing he could lift Mjolnir "
" Get used to it a lot of us could probably lift it maybe including Harkness " Chara was curious about who Harkness is " I haven't tried lifting it yet though " " Maybe try removing that jacket of yours " Chara leaves the hall and feels chilly regretting how much skin her clothes were exposing .
" So this is the aftermath of Ragnarok " Stork nodded " Certainly much better than the ruins I regret a lot about the draupnir gold I made " " I always thought the brothers don't accept apprentices " " Until I reforged Mjolnir without the strength enhancement , it was very difficult having to exercise so much just for that "
" Just be careful about handling those children of Yggdrasil she may be gone but they are precious " Zhack appeared again " Yo I have a great idea " He had EIkthurnir and Heidrun with him shaken in their legs .
" So what if we pretend I lose memories of Ratatoskr ? " " Hmm that could work but where would you lose it ? " Zhack opens his mouth to speak " ... " " You don't know " Stork said " Thinking is hard sometimes "
Chara looks at the hall and thinks " We could pretend you lose your memories by dying and your soul comes to Valhalla it would be a perfect excuse too for mother when you see Ratatoskr " " That could work I didn't have to use the pandora on you so we can do it like this "
Ikuta draws a skeleton " Let's pretend that me and Stork found your corpse we noticed it was Zhack and decided to bring him with us " he circles Ikuta , a sword and Zhack's corpse and most of it to a house drawing .
" I resurrect Chara " " Then I tell you that you can also resurrect Zhack but it would cost you a lot of your lifeforce but with the abyss in you it should be reasonable " " Yeah mother doesn't have the sense of souls which was why dreamwalking is so easy " Stork mentioned .
" And then we find that Zhack lost some of his memories because nobody has used Valhalla's resurrection magic for a while " " Wait wait wait , why am I the only lost memory ? "
" It makes the most sense , I'm used to dying all the time when I fought with the withering you are supposed to be a first timer and Valhalla isn't in a great condition to be accepting new souls without anyone fixing it "
Zhack had to go with the story " Now shall we head back to feed Yukina while you're at it try taking one of the seeds and grow the next child " They heard a loud gong and Chara was the first to recognize it " The Gjarllarhorn "
" Oh I should've grabbed that " Zhack said " Forget that who is sounding it ? " Stork asked and they faced the Bifrost bridge . Odin's eye crams information about who did " Otherworlders " " What ? " Chara remembers the otherworlders which Hera bought from another world .
" You already know about the seed of madness that Hera used on them " Ikuta nodded and Zhack remained confused " What's happening " " A problem " Stork said , they saw two crows fly with runes on them .
They closed their wings to freefall to the ground , Stork swung himself and killed the crows absorbing the magic they had " Sorry looks like those otherworlders are dangerous " Stork said " Agreed " Chara summons her weapon a golden staff and swung her hair to the back .
" These otherworlders can be a threat let's make sure they never leave Asgard " Chara brings the grass from the meadow Folkvangr to surround the hall . Ikuta sees some otherworlders running to the rainbow bridge and grabs Gungnir .
" I won't let you " Ikuta flung Gungnir towards them piercing one , they froze in their tracks to heal them and Zhack and Ikuta sprinted to Himinbjorg appearing by the otherworlders " Hello " Zhack slammed Mjolnir to the ground like thunder struck it " You shouldn't do that it's our way home "
" The adventurer " " that's me " Zhack swung Mjolnir to throw thunder and Ryobe tanks the attacks with his armor " What the hel ? Stop using your undeserved power " Zhack yells and Gungnir flies to Ikuta .
" Ryobe has Hephaestus , Reiko has Asclepius " a radiant light was thrown to Ikuta and he quickly parries it keeping Ikuta from revealing more information " tell me more who do I aim for ? "
' Stork ask Chara for a mistletoe " " I'll take care of the heavily armored guy you can take on the five " Ikuta tells Zhack all about the rest " Good " He swung his sword at Reiko and Ryobe quickly blocks it .
Koin draws runes and Marise supports Toga with arrows to shoot " Haha easy " Zhack dodged the rock arrows Toga was shooting and avoided the magic Koin made . Ikuta attacks his heavily armored opponent with Gungnir and Niflheim blade freezing them in their tracks before they released themself .
Zhack parried Ryobe with Mjolnir and pried the shield out of his hands and kicked Ryobe to Marise " Ugh " Zhack turned the shield around and used it to block Toga's shots .
He felt the weight on him to see runes on top of him " Now's our chance " " He as if " he dropped Mjolnir and brought the shield on top of him blocking Marise's sword and Ryobe's greatsword .
He pushed upwards and spun the shield to push them away and locates Reiko " You're the healer " he flung the shield towards her and used the momentum to avoid Marise's sword " Why won't you die " Ryobe swung his greatsword horizontally and Zhack jumps on the flat side and pushed the weight down .
The greatsword's tip hits the ground and Ryobe is unable to swing it out " Must be heavy right ? " Zhack asked and expanded the runes of Koin " Too bad you're gonna have to do more " " Urk " " RYOBE " Marise attacked Zhack but he grabbed the tip of his dagger and then his hand extended the greater gravity influence .
" KOIN STOP THE SPELL " Ryobe yells and Zhack jumps out of the sword while Mjolnir flies to his hands from the groun . Upon reaching Zhack's hand it made him turn his body upside down he twisted his body to face the otherworlders and swung Mjolnir to through another attack before he landed properly .
Toga used Gjallarhorn and sang a song blocking the attack " Nice one Toga " Reiko said and went to heal them and Zhack turned to check on Ikuta holding a mistletoe remembering what Ikuta had said about his opponents .
He dashed to Marise grabbed him and flung him to Ikuta " Here you go " Marise quickly tried to turn the air into a weapon but Ikuta grabbed his arms and froze it . Ikuta was then pushed by his opponent before putting his feet down and kicking them away .
" Toga do something " Koin yells trying to finish drawing runes and toss them to Ikuta " Nuh uh " Zhack destroys them and Ikuta reaches out his hands that pass through Marise's body and pulls out his granted power of Aries .
Ikuta takes out the pandora's box and removes the hourglass taking Marise's soul too " Toga why aren't you doing anything ? " Reiko asked and Toga grabbed an arrow and pulled the bowstring " Huh ? " everyone was confused and watched her shoot the arrow towards Chara " Yes "
Chara looks at Toga and sees someone else controlling her remembering the description that she was given by Ikuta ' Looks like I get to have a beautiful big sister ' the arrow lands on a bird who fell and transform into water .
Chara quickly used the plants to absorb the strange being and the otherworlders were baffled to see Toga their ally kill their ally " You traitor " Ryobe turned to Toga and Zhack kicked him .
Koin tried to make more runes but was struck by Toga and Reiko trembled in fear " You're the last one " she saw a mistletoe dart through the possessor of oaths and Toga who stabbed herself " Alright the last one "
They leave the bodies of the otherworlders there " Dang they were a weak bunch " Zhack said " Let's see Apollo , Hephaestus , Baldr's oaths , Odin's rune knowledge , Aries and finally Metis" Harkness appears with the dark flame .
" You must be Harkness " " Yes , you should be the saintess correct " Chara nodded while Ikuta counted the loot " It's amazing that all of these end up in the hands of those people do you think there is a reason ? " Zhack asked .
" The goddess Hera is the one who decided she only gives the strong gifts to the weak mortal minds because they are easy to control but not the strong ones " Harkness says .
" I'd like to keep Valhalla in a proper condition " " Can you even fix that ? " Stork asked " Yes I have been using it and Odin already told me how to " Chara said and Ikuta looked at the Gjallarhorn " This is enchanted " A loud explosion was heard and they turned to see it " What's happening ? "
Ikuta looks up Odin's eye and sees someone pointing down at them " Otherworlders " Chara creates a giant shield defending against the attack " Everyone back to the Bifrost " Harkness yells , Chara uses the grassroots to delicately destroy the ground Valhalla was built on " Let me help "
Understanding her intentions Zhack reversed the gravity of Valhalla making Valhalla float " Uhh do you want me to get something ? " " Can you instantly turn a big thing like this small ? " Zhack asked " No " Ikuta grabbed Stork and headed back to Himinbjorg " I'll do something with the Bifrost "
" How do we move this ? " " Just kick it to Himinbjorg " " Is that okay " another attack fell " YES " Zhack lifted Valhalla to the air and Zhack kicked it while Chara made cover for it and teleported to the hall . Zhack ran with lightning grabbing Ikuta and tossing him over " Okay do your stuff "
Ikuta starts operating the end piece of the Bifrost . He brings the end pieces together and attaches them to the bottom of Valhalla " Wait won't we bring those otherworlders to Midgard ? " " Don't worry I'm sure they could've done so if they had the chance " Ikuta answered .
" Come in " Chara yells and they enter to take cover the hall starts tilting and Zhack quickly adjusts the gravity . The otherworlders in space were completely oblivious to their activity as it was blurry due to the sun and atmosphere . They kept throwing down attacks of different kinds of forces and saw the Bifrost shrink with Valhalla at one end .
" NOOO " Ikuta looked at the otherworlders yet couldn't learn what power they hold " Too far ? " He asked himself " What's the problem " Ikuta pointed at the otherworlder throwing attacks at them " They might be one of the strong ones that got a bad gift or maybe a good gift "
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