' Petra's busy with the rewards so I should focus on how I could make sure everything works ' he felt his katana vibrate when he was packing his bag for dreamwalking and wondered if it was hungry for knowledge again " Master master let me in again " he was surprised to hear the voice and dropped his katana .
" What ? " Ikuta looked at the eye on the blade and felt it was much different " Who are you ? " " Odin's eye of course but since he tossed I would be more like a sacrifice for knowledge rather than his eye , but I still love knowledge which is why I'm thankful you fed me the forbidden knowledge and gave me your katana "
Ikuta looked at his blade " Wait why didn't you respond to me before ? " " Because I was still a baby , you know babies don't start thinking when they are born and I was too hungry for knowledge to think for myself instead of knowledge "
" But you still like knowledge ? " " Yes but this like I have is different , I like it because I like to learn , in fact I had to store most of the knowledge from the black book on the katana " " Okay we can talk about it later for now I have to dreamwalk . "
All the siblings went to their respective beds and fell asleep . Ikuta opened his eyes surprised and checked everything on him " Wow this is the underworld it looks so different from the stories " Zhack said and Ikuta carried his backpack and introduced the katana .
" You gotta name it " Stork said " Yeah I didn't get to rename Mjolnir " " what kind of names did you think of ? " " I know you can just name me sacrifice in a different language that's how names usually are " " Nah it can be something else " Stork said .
" We could just call him Harry " Chara said " Seriously ? " Ikuta wondered if that would be appropriate" Sure why not , Harry it is " Harry said " Okay I'll just head to Dionysus first " Ikuta brought ambrosia that Yukina sent over . He was dragged as soon as he passed the ferryman .
" All hail the new legend " Ikuta was thrown to the air by the dead " Boy you were great fighting even though you were young and mortal " Dionysus yelled " Put me down " Ikuta said embarrassed of being thrown into the air " They can't help it that's just how people like you are treated "
" I'm here for what you offered when I first came to the underworld " " Oh you mean you already got it ? " Ikuta showed a big jar of Honey " Everyone stopped and put him down " Ikuta landed on the floor and Dionysus approached .
He opened the jar and looked at the contents , he manifested a honey dipper and tried the honey " MMhmm this is great honey " Dionysus opened his palms and it seemed like droplets were coming out of him .
" Here Ambrosia like these should be rare you can have all this knowledge for yourself " Ikuta was surprised by the amount since he had previously seen the wellspring that contained Yggdrasil's memories " Master master can I have it ? " Harry asked like a dog wishing for a treat .
" Sure " ' I'll probably get the alchemist soon but we do have to bring back the defender ' Harry burned the sword it was on and absorbed the knowledge .
" Thank you for the honey " Ikuta decided to visit the Brokk and Sindri to talk about the golden apple he wished to increase the amount that duplicates .
" Alright show it to us " Ikuta reached into his body and showed the apple surrounded by dark creatures , the brothers were surprised to see such a thing " Huh you are becoming more like Odin " " Hmm How ? "
" Well Odin had two pairs of ravens and wolves , that sword of yours seems to have so much knowledge and these things that are surrounding the golden apple are eating any golden apple that comes out "
" Ahh I still like to eat food but I really need a lot of lifeforce and do you guys know how to fix these two ? " Ikuta showed the stained cold sword as well as Surtr's sword " What do you want to be done with these ? "
The brothers didn't give them a further look " For Niflheim sword I need it to be cleaned and for Surtr's sword I was hoping to see how bad it is because I did have to enchant it so it would shrink and it's been out for a while and I didn't do any proper maintenance when I used it before that battle "
" You should bring Surtr's sword to Ivaldi's then as for this magnificent sword we'll take care of it " Sindri said and Zhack came in with Stork " Wow so you guys are the ones who made this " Zhack showed Mjolnir as a sword and Brokk was amazed .
" Huh I never get to see it but that is an amazing feat " " I told you the small hammer was better off as a sword with that short handle " Stork said and Sindri looked at the runes " These runes are new " " That's because the frost giants all froze "
" No wonder they all had to rely on casting it on their own " Sindri said " So this is made by the current living right ? " Ikuta nodded " I'd be disappointed if they didn't do a good job but this sword sure is sharp "
" I'll come back later " Ikuta leaves the workshop and Zhack follows him . Ikuta looked at Zhack's clothes and asked " What kind of clothes are those ? " " It's enchanted it's why it didn't rot even though I was died for so long "
" Did Stork enchant it ? " " Yep he did , he had to make everything that is made of metal and it took a long while to make just one set which I am always wearing " Ikuta wished he could have that kind of clothing but thinking about the fact that it meant he is stuck with one set made him toss it away .
They arrived at Ivaldi's who greeted him " Young boy you're here what do you get for us today ? " " " I want to check how good my weapons are , I threw Gungnir really hard and I even had to use a very old sword I'm worried it might break because I pushed it too much "
" Okay let me see Gungnir and as for that old sword care to tell me more " Ikuta showed Gungnir and Surtr's sword " I had to shrink Surtr's sword with runes " " So this that giant's flaming sword " Ivaldi checked it personally .
" Hmm for a sword that's supposed to be stuck in one place for centuries this sure is in good condition " He used a magnifying glass to see lines on the sharp edges that were parallel to each other " Strange what did you do to this thing ? " " I had to use it to cut the souls with the flame from this sword "
Ivaldi looked at Harry who was peacefully learning the knowledge it just obtained " How ? " " The sword had to be ignited with Surtr's flames which hasn't happened for a long time " " Wait so it was just in one place without Surtr's flames burning it ? "
Ikuta nodded " Ohhoho that is very different than my expectations " " Ehh why ? " " I thought it was burning which was why it was in good condition how long did you have it ? " " Just two days ago "
" Then you must've done something " Ivaldi took Ikuta to a training ground with dummies around and Zhack followed " I want you to swing uhhh this sword " Ivaldi randomly grabbed a sword and gave it to Ikuta .
" Swing it the same way you swing it during the critical point of the battle against that Lich on that dummy up there " Ikuta looked at the stairs that he had to walk and at a dummy on top " Here let me take you up there " Zhack said and they appeared on top while Ivaldi walked leisurely through the stares .
Ikuta could see far and beyond the underworld through here " Just swing it I'm just gonna look at the dummy and the sword later " Ikuta was confused and held the sword " Okay " He first drew a line horizontally and swiftly cut it through the line .
" Are you sure you cut it ? " Ikuta was reminded of the clip he saw on the internet on some animated TV series " No way " Ikuta pushed the top and watched it fall out . Ivaldi caught up and looked at Zhack who was surprised to see this .
He turned to the other bundles of hay and poked each of them until he reached one close to the dummy Ikuta aimed for and watched it fall out " Amazing " " Huh what happened " Ikuta and Zhack were confused by what was happening .
" so that's why those lines were there " Ivaldi looked at Ikuta " Kid what do you say would you like us to make a weapon for you ? " " Ehh you're offering " Zhack was surprised and Ivaldi laughed at both of their ignorance .
" Come on did you really not see it that kid just got some hand to cut this straight and fast , I bet if Stork was successful at making weapons with souls they would wish you were the wielder ... well if these weapons were something you swing around , it's just like how an ore has the great honor of being forged by a great blacksmith "
Ikuta looked at the sword to see that the edge of the blade was much sharper " In fact we'll work very hard to make a weapon just for you only if you accept the offer of course " " Yes please " Ikuta said " I have no idea why but I'll take it "
" Wow congratulations Ikuta " Zhack said " We'll make sure every blacksmith pools their knowledge into this weapon " " Knowledge ? " Harry quickly asked " Oh that's a strange sword , you best hold back when you swing it "
" Okay " it was probably Ivaldi's best advice and Zhack being a first-time visitor simply followed Ikuta " Where are you going next ? " " I'm gonna give some Ambrosia to Hecate , I did promise to gift her some as a gift "
They reach Hecate's house " You're here " Chara greeted them " What are you doing here ? " Zhack asked " Just visiting Hecate I knew a lot of gods and I'm on my way to bring these souls of god's to Hel "
" Wait why ? " " Ikuta currently owns mount Olympus and it's not yet time to show everyone that the gods are back " Chara said " Wait I want to see Hel " " Then make sure you don't say something rude "
Ikuta quickly gifts Hecate ambrosia and joins them with visiting Hel . They looked at a great castle Elijudner " Damn this place is huge " " it used to be at Niflheim but after Odin discovered the potential of Ragnarok he asked Hades to bring it closer for survellance " they walk Gjoll Bridge that connects to the castle gate .
" So the reason why this castle is huge is because it's supposed to house all the dead ? " " Exactly it's also where all the died who didn't go to Valhalla as well as those who didn't die in battle go to , or at least it would be where the people who knew the Aesirs more would "
" Isn't this like enemy territory ? " " It would be however Hel has always been passive , I even secretly visited her before " " then why did they fight the Aesirs ? "
" For family among other things , after hearing from Vali about what they did to Lodurr , Narfi and Sigyn , Hel felt responsible because Baldr was brought to her castle by Loki himself and so she rallied everyone up , you can also find the rest of Lodurr's family here , I'm sure Lodurr has also come here "
They looked at the guards " I am Chara the saintess who defended the world tree from the withering " the guards confirmed her words and opened the door while also sending word that Chara was coming .
" It looks brighter than I thought " Zhack looked around and saw a wolf and a big serpent " Visitors ? " " They are our guest brother " Jormungandr said " Ikuta , Zhack these two are Fenrir and Jormungandr "
" We watched your battle against that Lich , we would first like to thank you for rescuing our brother Narfi " Jormungandr said and bowed " Oh it's nothing I had to do it when I found out that Lodurr was helping Richard "
" Nevertheless we owe a great debt to you , we lost Narfi when we tried rescuing him " Fenrir said and Zhack asked " By the way is Sleipnir supposed to be here ? " " Oh that horse ? Sorry we barely knew him as he has always been by odin's side "
" Well we can't start with that " Chara brings a box " In here are all the souls we obtained from that battle " " Wait I also have some " Harry said and Fenrir and Jormungandr were revolted by Harry's appearance .
" Wait we will have to wait for sister to come here " they moved to a small lounge and a woman appeared with half her body seemed to have rotted away and the other half showed her flesh and skin " Sister they have some souls for you " Hel looks at Ikuta " Okay take them away to Ganglati and Ganglot but you should stay "
" I'll take Harry for you " Zhack said more curious about the rest of the castle . Hel sat while Ikuta faced her " I've heard of you before the battle , I would also like to thank you for returning our brother "
A servant came " Here are some riches that I gained from managing the entire underworld " Ikuta was surprised to see how much he was offered and really believed that Hel was truly the ruler of the underworld now .
" So Hades doesn't own the underworld ? " " Not at all , he went to Ragnarok and died and I have been managing the entire underworld and took it to this level so it was only right for me to claim ownership after the development "
" That's amazing " " It is only right , I still keep the furies around to punish sinners and I had to manage the underworld myself and make sure that Tarturus keeps its prisoners"
Ikuta looked at the riches and a pouch that came with it " These are the way I will repay you I have heard of your commissions with the dwarves , I believe the amount will be enough for the golden apple and the new weapon all the blacksmiths are going to make "
" Really thanks " Ikuta had been worried about the cost but with all these he could make use of it " What if Hades comes here ? " " he won't have any right to rule the underworld what of it ? " ' That means he's free '
" Then I'll be leaving then " Ikuta had to go back so that he could claim Demeter's blessing for the golden apple if it was ready and visited Sindri " Here's your sword and as for the golden apple it would take a while and a lot of gold "
Ikuta gave Sindri the gold " Here " " Also you have to come visit at least every night to get rid of the duplicating apples " Ikuta quickly went to Ivaldi's and got the weapons that were being checked and finally met with the others and woke up .
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Estrea visited them while they were having breakfast " I want to ask about the recent growth of plants all over the world " " Demeter woke up " Chara said " Straight to the point I see " " We don't plan to hide it from you " Chara said .
" Then tell me more as to why Demeter woke up only now ? " Ikuta raised his hands and explained " See when I used Odin's eye I found that Richard was an otherworlder he had a bunch of powers from gods and Demeter was one of them "
" How curious , so the otherworlders weren't just blessed with the level up system that was gone " nobody knew what the level up system was " So some of these powers went to these gods right ? I couldn't see it so it must mean that they are just that different from mortals "
" Yep " Ikuta said trying to avoid revealing that most of the god's bodies are at Hestia's abode " Well that's all I need to confirm as for thanks for helping me " Estrea gave everyone a card " Show that to any magic tower and they will let you use any service they have "
Zhack snapped his card as soon as Estrea left " Also when are we gonna get on those planes I really wanna try those out , there isn't any good flying monster that could be so tame to let me ride them "
After Ikuta froze Mount Olympus again , a plane takes them all and they arrive at Ikuta's home " Wow this place is huge " ' And father is over there too ' they ignore how their parent were around " Vedrfolnir I found some more seeds of Yggdrasil . "
" Good job young master and about Eikthyrnir , Nidhogg already dug a place for the young mistress as for Heidrun I guess you could ask her for other things " Ikuta helped everything settle in and finally he showed the seeds " You won't be able to plant near here Young master "
" I could plant them somewhere else but I'm not sure where to start " Vedrfolnir thinks about what would be the best option .
" You can always plant it at Niflheim ? " " Ehh is that okay ? " " Certainly , we'll send Nidhogg to take care of it and you just have to ask Zhack to help make a portal " " That is useful you would need to spread the protection of the Norns " Chara said .
" Exactly moreover didn't you wish to grow a garden ? " " Hmm okay I'll do it " ' what about Demeter ? " ' I'll talk to them later "
Ikuta made a creature of darkness with only wings and a ball . He secretly sends it through the fire and an eye opens in the ball and sees some new gods " Hmm ? " Hades looks at the creature and catches it " Hey don't swing this around "
Ikuta asked through the creature " Ikuta ? " Nyx asked " Yeah it's me sorry it's been a while I can see that the ambrosia is working well " Nyx grabbed the creature from Hades " I can't thank you enough for bringing my children back too "
" Ohh well uh thanks but can I ask for your help with one thing ? " ... " You want to gather the souls of these voidlings that are born in different world ? " " yeah is it possible ? " " It should be " Hades said .
" okay please do that then " " but we can't gather all the souls " Hades said " What ? " " Souls can also die out , you know ? Pieces of them will break like memories " Ikuta thinks hard and looks at them all .
" Then can't you find the fragments and piece them together ? " " What ? " " That can work right ? " " Yes but it would " Persephone hits Hades and Thanatos " Don't worry Ikuta they'll make sure to get them "
" But " " Okay I'll leave it to you " The creature wrapped itself and closed its eyes indicating that Ikuta had turned off the connection ' Yes I secured it ' he was glad he could give the voidlings their homes back .
Hestia smiled watching her family together now and Nyx worried about the denier that she had removed the memory out of her children .
" So I have to help make a portal ? " " Yes " Zhack didn't really think he could do that " Your portals are the only thing that doesn't require many tools " " Because it's short use " Zhack said " You're gonna have to be useful unless you want Ikuta to kick you out of the house .
Zhack looks at Ikuta " You're not going to do that right ? " " I'm sorry Zhack but I really need to be able to make a portal " ' Plus not just me but the world too " " Fine " Ikuta gave him a sheet of paper telling him what to do .
" Here I have some instructions from Stork " Ikuta went for a walk to the voidlings ' All my friends are on their family trip '
He texted his friends while walking "So you have three of the legends at your house now" Pyra sent "Ikuta , be bringing them home like their collectibles" Ezio joked "I mean he has become one , fighting a black mage and even freezing the storm is already enough" Nisse said .
"I heard from dad that the guild of blacksmith is going to make a weapon for you" Amber said "What ? I just went to the underworld and Ivaldi gathered up all the dwarves to make one too" "I mean you are a good fighter and my cousins are also asking about you" Druk said .
"Mine too" they all replied and Ikuta smiled "But we make sure not to talk about the three guys at your house or the other three guys" Amber said "Well it's not like it's going to be a good idea I heard that Zhack isn't comfortable with older woman , the sage Estrea was one of them who goes after him in the stories "
He smiled having his friends and couldn't help but thank his dad for it "How are your family trips by the way ?" "I got some progress in my thunder magic"
"The plants are very nice on this side of the world" "the canyon was full of colorful rocks" "I visited some old friends in my hometown" "the roadtrip is so fun we had board games and even charades"
Ikuta smiled and arrived at the voidlings giant shelter " AHH stop it " Ikuta wondered if he should add being thrown around as part of his end-of-year break .
The voidlings were very happy to see Ikuta kill another otherworlder again . The research team was curious about this behavior and Ikuta went to refill the life force water .
" Ahh " Ikuta was lifted again and fell on another voidlings back again " Not again " The voidlings toyed with him all day tossing him around and finally stopped for Ikuta to properly refill .
" Finally " He leaves and the voidlings behave watching him through the map ' I wonder how well Stork is doing in the underworld right now ? ' ' Ikuta Harkness just called she said she's been spying on that facility for a while and couldn't find either of the core or the alchemist "
Ikuta was surprised because he clearly remembered his father saying that they were ' I can try to search for them , I have come across a lot of artifacts from the ancient civilization so I can look into that for you " Zhack suggested and Ikuta asked Harkness about the defender .
' Locke is up and running Cithrel finally got him up and awake , firstly he took a while to come to terms with the new era so I had to bring up a vision of Chara around , I'm updating him about what's been happening and our relation to him "
' You think he knows about the core or alchemist ? " ' No better leave that to Zhack , he's very good at going to tight spaces and dangerous place " Zhack leaves the house with a portal and looks at the exterior of the solar system
' I've got stacks of oxygen with me , and home is just one portal away ' He looked at Ginnungagap's spatial distortion on an asteriod ' Time to gather them ' he jumped out to gather enough spatial distortion fragments while Ikuta returned home .
" Where's Zhack ? " " That young man just left our solar system " Ratatoskr said " It would be dangerous without any protection but you have to do this to get the fragments you needed , I must say gathering them is supposed to be hard yet he's getting so much of them "
It didn't take Zhack very long before he returned with plenty of shards that he was just late for lunch " Alright I got them so we can make the portal by piecing this together ? "
Ikuta nodded " You'll be doing it " " Man I wish I was less capable " Zhack had no choice but to be the one " What is the location " Vedrfolnir handed him a map of Niflheim .
" Over here at Hvergelmir it's the perfect place to start " he starts to glue them together by controlling the fragments " This is hard labor " Ikuta prepares to plant a seed and decides to sprout it first .
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