They both went to sleep and the next day they visited the voidlings and Hades to get the Niflheim sword " Here you go " Chara appraises the quality of the new underworld that was enchanted to the sword .
" It looks like it could contain them all at least " " So it should be enough ? " " Yeah also as for those voidlings here are some ambrosia for them " Chara hands plenty of ambrosia to Hades and a smaller pouch .
" The smaller one is for you , the big one is for the voidlings alright ? " " Yes I will give it to them you have my word " " Don't worry you can get tired if you have honey all the time but I'm going to look for Audhumbla soon "
Zhack said and Hades wondered if he could find it " It could be possible we didn't hear her name when we were in the underworld " " Okay give me Gungnir and I will find her " " I am still reading on the Bifrost "
Zhack ran back while Chara strolled through the streets , everything was much newer to her despite the road being clearer than nature it showed proof of the mortals' respect for nature and progress as a civilization .
' This is a nice neighborhood ' Zhack goes through Niflheim and follows Gungnir to search for Audhumbla " Huh this is strange " Gungnir was pointing to the sky " Guess I'll head up there " he thinks about the urgency and decides to preserve his energy and wonder about a few things .
" Hey Zhack " Ratatoskr called out " Huh what is it ? " " That lightning ability you have , how did you get it ? " " Uhhhhmmm , It's not a very well-known story because I was trying to protect a friend " " So you can't tell anyone ? "
Zhack nodded " Well then do you perhaps know about the otherworlders ? You do live in the same era as them " " Oh uhh I guess I do " " Really did you meet any of them ? " " Not really "
" How do you know about them then ? " " I uh met them but they didn't meet me " " Oh so it's like that ? " " yeah I did a lot of snooping around the otherworlders all the time they never found me since I slithered through the cracks of their security "
' At least you said you did ' " You must be one agile and silent thunder ? So what were they like Vedrfolnir barely answers my questions " " Oh uh let's see I think Hera is crazy " " Sounds familiar "
' You were the one who told me ' Zhack silently sighs and continues to tell Ratatoskr more about the otherworlders " They were a bad bunch and now that I know it was because of the seeds of madness "
" Oh yes those seeds are nasty " " What were those seeds ? " " Just another one of Hera's powers that she uses to sabotage Zeus's children that don't have her blood " " Yet she took Ares's power and gave it to an otherworlder "
" Oh that isn't right she shouldn't be doing that " " I know it's weird that she is doing that " ' This is the part where he explains that something is wrong with her '
" Even if Hera seems like a hateful god her hate is justified because of Zeus's infidelity she is the goddess of marriage after all so it makes sense if she shows hate "
" Yeah I was thinking that maybe she did because you know power to create the seed of madness has caused her to have maybe gone insane " " Hmm that may be possible , we already know that black magic derived from a god is powerful and if she had kept using it she might have been unintentionally feeding it so now the seed is a tree "
' Better ask Chara for that ' They start to scale the mountain and reach Ginnungagap " So this is where you want to go to ? " " Yeah I need Audhumbla for this " " But how are you going to bring her here ? " " Figure it out later can just portal as after I mark her location"
They crossed Ginnungagap reaching Jotunheim " I can't believe the noble cow that fed Ymir is here " Zhack said , both of them entered Jotunheim and looked at the cold world following Gungnir their only compass .
" Ratatoskr just so you know I can portal us back if you need to " " Nonsense nonsense I can handle a bit of cold I'm not fresh out of ice like before " they continued until they finally saw a giant cow inside a fence " that's strange she's smaller than before " Ratatoskr says .
" Asgard is quite big " " Oh no that realm was only formed by piling more mass from Ginnungagap , you really should get your facts checked when Vedrfolnir tells you about it " " Does he usually do that ? "
" no it's just me purposely hating him " Zhack was assured hearing Ratatoskr's behaviour ' For some reason a little bit of Ratatoskr is still with him ' " But what do you plan to do for Audhumbla ? "
" I was going to leave that for someone else but since I already saved the location I can come back anytime I don't want to always be asked to open a portal and making one is too hard I'll just ask someone to come here and maybe shrink it somehow "
" If only it was that simple Zhack , there is no way you can shrink a living being with runes you might kill them but perhaps the giants know a way to shrink them I heard that you plan to keep their souls right ? "
" Good idea I can head back and ask the giants at the sword for that but would they even cooperate ? " Ratatoskr looked at the caves " Why not check that to see if they will or you could even ask a much better giant more proficient in the art of shapeshifting "
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Chara uses Niflheim sword to extract the souls " It works now I just need to get the enchanted Surtr blade from Petra . It's gonna take a while but at least Hades won't have any problem with the souls now that I gave them the ambrosia "
She puts the cold sword aside and looks at Ikuta's runes " Chara ? what are you doing " Chara holds back her emotions of revealing her idea that this was her real mother " Just observing the runes on Ikuta's body "
" They are very new , it was made from old runes that restrains the generations of lifeforms that fought Zeus " " Isn't that too much for someone his age ? " " You wouldn't think that when I release it " Claire said .
Chara wonders if this personality Claire was using is some sort of behavior set by their father but does enjoy the company and the way Claire teaches her more about magic " So how did people discover such runes ? "
" It was Zhack who discovered the runes , as for whether he learned it or not I am not sure " " another of his achievement " " Yes , I'll be enchanting runes on Ikuta it seems his strength is increasing he really worked very hard for the past few days "
Chara nodded and thought of how she could have Ikuta fight ' I'll need help ' she took her card and went to visit the magic tower " Aww you are inviting me over ? " " Yes we have a lot to talk about there "
Meanwhile , Zhack and Ratatoskr finished deciphering the drawings on the walls " At least this means they will help us do you think the fire giants would do the same ? " " They will , Ymir is related to both giants but the problem is how that would be possible "
" They are kinda dead unlike the frost giants according to Vedrfolnir " " Yes they are and did you know that the water of Niflheim is actually from the primordial lifeforms ? " " Really ? " " You do know that Ymir's blood made the ocean " " oh so the same applies to the primordial lifeforms that make Niflheim ? " " Yeah "
" Wait so is Ymir the will of the world that blessed the dwarves " " no , humans , beastkins , dragonkins all have different benefactors that aren't their ancestors so it makes sense " Zhack makes the portal and passes through " Chara is Stork back from the underworld "
Zhack suddenly feels a sense of dread and quickly jumps to the ceiling corner " Estrea !? " " Responsive as always Zhack " Estrea said with a smile on her face " I invited her over to help us " " After hearing that you have runes from Urdarbrunnr I decided to come here "
" Just don't go to my room " Zhack zaps to his room shutting the door , Estrea sighs seeing his behavior " Okay where is the book and what's the problem " ... " So it's like that then if I burn myself with the sacred flame will I be able to visit them ? "
" Yes but they are gods so you should watch your behavior " " I know more than anyone about knowing that , But the fact that Ikuta has those kinds of runes is something I never knew " Claire leaves Ikuta's room greeting them .
" I hope you don't mind me bringing Estrea " " It's alright Ikuta brings his friends all the time " Chara shows Estrea the books about Norns " I need you to help me with the protection more specifically of this world "
" Oh you trust me ? " " Without a doubt " Estrea smiled and they both started studying while Zhack decided to dreamwalk ' It should be fine right ? I already slept so dreamwalking should be okay '
Zhack falls asleep and takes the ferryman paying the toll and visits the dwarves " How's the apple going ? " " Very well but I don't understand why you want us to hurry " Sindri says " Chara didn't tell you ? "
" No last time she visited she told us to quickly get it enchanted with the gold that boy gave and that you were gonna give us some " " Yep got a storage place " Sindri points him to a vault and Zhack stores everything inside .
" Care to explain to us why we need to hurry ? " " Ikuta is catching up with some sleep with Hypnos's blessing and we don't want him to starve " " Really that kid seems like he has all the energy in the world "
" Well I believe it's more like he has the energy to keep up but his soul and body aren't really handling him very well so Hypnos had to put him to sleep also do you know any giants that are willing to help me shrink a giant lifeform "
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Chara took a small egg enchanting with the norn's protection " So this is supposed to be able to handle the attacks for the egg ? " " Best kind of attack would be the ones that rot it right ? " Estrea confirms .
Chara nodded and Estrea casted a rotting spell on the egg . the remove the protection and cracked it " What's the potential of that spell ? " " Probably the same kind of power as a nuclear plant going wrong "
' I do not know what that is ' they crack the fresh egg watching it fall on the pan still as healthy as it was " So it works " Estrea asked " Yeah you know where to enchant this already right ? " " Yep let's get this enchantment to Mount olympus "
" You go first and make the arrangments , I'll have to tell Zhack about the plan " Chara dreamwalks and searches for Zhack asking the locals if they have seen him and visits Elijudner " Zhack ? " Chara calls out and Fenrir as well as Jormungandr appears .
" He's with Father " " Can I see him ? " " Sure " they both guided Chara to a room where Lodurr was trying to negotiate with Zhack " I'm telling you , I ain't giving jack squat , I found Audhumbla at a much-weakened state and you won't get a single drop of milk from her "
" Are you negotiating ? " " Yeah he wants to get some benefits even though we helped him " " Lodurr need I remind you that we kept Hades from reclaiming back the underworld and gave your daughter even more souls that she could rule over , and even more demi gods that serve her so I think you should do us one simple favor with Audhumbla "
Lodurr felt compelled knowing that his only daughter had benefited " Fine I will help you " " What ? " Zhack felt his patience was insulted " How did you get him to agree ? " " Enough of that I sent Estrea to Mount Olympus and I came to the underworld to get you and talk to Hel "
" What are you going to talk to her about " " What I saw when I used the Norn's runes " Zhack suddenly grew serious " Okay good luck with that then "
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Harry was by Ikuta's side " Come on Ikuta rest faster " " Harry I don't think you are hearing yourself but that's like asking Ikuta to wait faster " Ratatoskr says " I don't care it's so boring without him "
" Why not read books ? " " It's boring without Ikuta , I can hardly understand them without him being awake to help me " Harry looks at the runes recalling the explanation that Claire gave " Why does he have to work so hard before ? "
While complaining Ratatoskr became curious about Ikuta's body " How is young master's body doing ? " " It's doing well the powers of gods that he used are becoming his power "
" Sleep does a lot with that , normally if we were awake we would be gaining memories and sleep is just the perfect place for your body to be able to rebalance the imbalances that you had when you were awake which does result in some increase in strength and memory "
" So Ikuta will be much stronger and smarter if he sleeps ? " " Rather than increase of strength and memory it would be more like fixing the damage he did to his soul and body . He works too hard for some reason " " Oh come on "
Estrea was together with Petra discussing the arrangements " We need to make sure nobody is around Mount Olympus just like when a few underwater cities got destroyed " " Really ? " " Yes there will be a lot also tell them to make that weapon quickly as well as the enchanting of Surtr's blade "
" Okay , anything else " " You know that announcement he told you to make ? " " Yes , the one about the world tree " " Add the fact that he is also blessed by gods and Hypnos the god of sleep forced him to slumber to rest but this time tell everyone when they question "
Petra was baffled by how much was likely going on behind her back and Estrea explains further .
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Hel and Chara were in the same room to discuss what the otherworlders have planned and Hel pointed at sea beside Mount Olympus" I can freeze the water to open a passage to the underworld however you will have to be careful about that future you were talking about "
" I know , but you will also have to clear the path for them when they plan to cross over make sure everyone is at rest when the time comes and Zhack will help stand guard while Estrea will take care of the other side "
" And cooperation between the dead and living ? " " Both want to make a weapon for Ikuta so it would be great would it not ? " Hel follows Chara to her body and Zhack takes Lodurr to shrink Audhumbla and take her home .
Petra gulped having seen the figures that presented themselves to her " Alright so I have gathered the media around the sea " Behind the glass window were helicopters from different media channels ready to film the live freezing of the ocean .
They watch the sea freeze and at the center , the ice cracks fall into the underworld revealing stairways that lead downwards .
" Here we are witnessing the freezing of the sea that leads to the underworld " " Petra how is this related to you ? " " Chara the saintess had said that she went to the underworld to seal this deal , and discovered that they were making a weapon for Faulk's inheritor "
" Does that mean that the line between the living and the dead has been blurred ? " " No the travel between both is limited by Hel herself she said she will help according to Chara but that's all I know "
" What about the young man he has been active for the past few months but there has been no activity " " Well it's a very long story , I was informed that he had inadvertently freed the gods against the lich after killing him which released the souls and returned to their bodies which were burned by Hestia's sacred flame "
The media was silent for once while Petra read the papers she had " They all agreed to repay him and the god of sleep Hypnos gave him his blessing which caused him to sleep for a very long time he hasn't awoken but I can assure you he is still alive "
" What are the other blessings that he received ? " " I can't answer that " Petra herself doesn't even know if Ikuta does have them .
The underworld sent blacksmiths to work with the special equipment and everyone was now focused on making one weapon just for Ikuta . Sindri also sped up the speed of enchanting Surtr and was finally bought to them .
Chara got it enchanted by Hades takes it to Muspelheim and took the souls of the fire giants and it's primordial life forms .
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" Young master has woken up " Petra announced to the Media . Ikuta got up wondering what time it was and looked around . He got up feeling very refreshed a completely different feeling , he left his bed and went to the bathroom .
" Hmm that was a really nice sleep " he rubbed his eyes and yawned while stretching feeling a lot of stiff bones , he looked out of the bathroom door and was surprised that he could see his hair " WHAT !!?? "
His voice woke everyone in the house " Why is it so long ? How long did I sleep " He couldn't turn his phone on and went to his computer " January 2 I missed the new year by one day ? "
He didn't understand what was going on moreover his hair was longer than his height as well as a few objects that shouldn't be on his bed .
A helmet , winged boots , a hammer , book , a stack of paper slips tied with radiating light , a bow and a small pouch " What are these ? " he grabbed the paper slips and reads them ' these are Baldr's oaths so that means this book has the runes Odin knew '
" Ikuta you're awake " Harry barged into his bedroom floating " What happened while I was asleep ? " " A lot happened but the good news is we got you everything you needed , we already got the souls of the giants in both of your swords now "
Ikuta looked at them safely stored in a box " And your golden apple got even fancier after Zhack gave up all the treasures he found at Asgard also you're gonna have a battle soon " " What ? " " Don't worry the blacksmith got your weapon and did I mention that the underworld is now communicating with midgard ? "
" No " " Yeah for some reason Chara and Hel agreed to open the path to the underworld to the leaving by freezing the water to open it which a lot of people freaked out " " So what happened to my golden apple and the weapon "
" Follow me " Ikuta was amazed by the development and Harry showed Ikuta box " They just delivered it with a box " " Yep a lot of people worked really hard for this and we had to pay a lot but good thing that panther was very helpful in paying everyone "
The box had some words written on it "The weapon without one form" " What kind of weapon is this ? " he opens it and sees a very clear liquid " What is this ? " " They say you have to immerse it with a weapon before you can actually use it "
Harry feels Ikuta's stare " But it will only copy the form and looks but it is the strongest material " Ikuta wondered what kind of form he should give it first " I'll try it out " Ikuta takes out one of each weapon he tried forging and pours the liquid over it .
He watched it touch every surface of the sword and finally imitated it turning it into a solid form while also looking at the part " wow it works , What about the apple ? " " They said that you have to go to the underworld for it "
Ikuta was a bit hesitant about sleeping " I might fall asleep again " " Don't worry Hypnos said that once you wake up you can dreamwalk but only when you aren't going to go to sleep "
" Thanks Harry " Ikuta dreamwalks at the couch and is surprised by the mood of the underworld " You're finally awake guess Hypnos really got you to sleep " Sindri said " Yeah he said that I really needed it I'm just sad I missed new year "
" Oh don't worry the biggest highlight was you waking up if you had woken up at New Year everyone would be talking about you instead of new year " Brokk sees Ikuta " How was the new weapon ? " " It's very good but I'm not really a good blacksmith "
" Don't worry that's why Ivaldi prepared a set of all the weapons that can copy " " Why didn't he just do it before ? " " he probably wanted to brag or something . "
Sindri says and takes out a very decorated apple made with beautiful gemstones , precious metal and organic resources like pearls but the surface is smooth .
" Here you go , even though it's made of minerals it's still edible too and here " Sindri pats a small chest with a size that can contain an apple " apple drips a copy every second "
" Really ? " " Amazing right ? " Sindri said with much pride " We had to use a lot of lifeforce from Eikthyrnir's waters and some from you and even a branch from your world tree and because of that every apple is distinct in flavor "
" That's a lot of work " " We worked without rest through the days we just had the best sleep after Hypnos blessed us " " I really have to thank him " " Wait we'll have to cut off the connection between this apple and the chest it's been filling up by a lot "
Ikuta absorbs the treasure apple while Sindri cuts off the connection and gives the chest to Ikuta " Make sure to fight well with that " Ikuta is confused by what they mean and meets Ivaldi who gives him some tips on how to use the new weapon .
He returns home and greets Chara and Zhack leaving the chest with them and finally goes to visit the gods " You want me to bless this apple ? " Demeter asked " Yeah it's dripping one apple every second "
Demeter smiled looking at it " This certainly is a great apple no worries it will be much better with my blessing " Demeter gifts the treasure apple her blessing and apples started to drop out " AHH too much "
Ikuta quickly doubled the creatures that were eating it " It doubled ? " Demeter smiled seeing Ikuta baffled " These apples are very strange " " Oh yeah I haven't tried one yet wanna try to eat one ? "
" What did it taste like before ? " " An apple ? " " But I feel different kinds of fruit in each of them " " Sindri did mention it has distinct flavors when he used lifeforce and world tree branches he even asked some nymphs to help before when it was just a golden apple " " Perhaps the nymphs wanted to contribute and gave it different flavors "
" But how can I tell " Demeter smiled " The precious stones can tell you " Demeter shows one of them " See this here is like a banana , and this one is a coconut , you know the discovery of genetics already right ? "
" You're saying that the gemstones represent what each one are just like genetics ? " " Yes you can even control it with your nature affinity here let me teach you " Demeter diligently teaches Ikuta how to identify them and control the apple that drips out .
" Thanks Demeter " " Anytime now "
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