Episode 365 Niðavellir (2)
Niðavellir.
It was a place where Dwarves, a race famous for their blacksmiths, were said to live, and it was a place often dealt with in all kinds of games.
Since the dwarves are especially important in Norse mythology, Jaehyun knew about them in detail.
All kinds of mythical items from Thor’s Mjolnir and Megingijord were born here from the Dwarves.
They have very good manual dexterity. It was also self-evident that it would be of great help to Jae-hyun’s plan to kill Odin.
There is a reason why Smir recommended a visit.
If the targets to be subsumed for wisdom are giants, dwarves for arms production and elves for magic and battle.
Each race has different powers, so it’s important to embrace everyone.
If it is to win the war, it must be.
‘It’s difficult if we don’t increase the number of pages on this side before the second Ragnarok. Anyway, I can’t kill all the enemies by myself.’
Isn’t that why he attacked Yggdrasil and lifted the growth restriction?
To give humans the strength to fight in this hellish war.
Therefore, Jaehyun was determined to capture the dwarves somehow.
If they donate their equipment to humans and giants. What if you were directly involved in the war?
Moreover, the advantage in war will naturally lean more towards this side.
Jaehyun realized this during the battle with Tyr.
‘There is a limit to overturning war with individual strength.’
It was a strategy game.
It may be a very fleeting moment, like a turn-based game where you exchange turns, but the opportunity will definitely come. Whoever can save it is the winner.
It’s simple.
Jaehyun is going to convince the dwarves to become the winner.
“But it won’t be easy. Dwarves are very stubborn and hard to find. He’s probably hiding. I have a lot of fears too.”
Hella said while watching Jaehyun using Draupnir to open the way.
Now that it’s something he’s used to, Jaehyun was opening the way with magic without difficulty. The coordinates were simple, as he had heard of them from Hellas and the other half Aesir gods.
…that could only be said because Jaehyun has a genius talent for magic.
“are you okay. Because there is senior Soyul. It’s even weirder when you start with a navigation system and can’t find your way.”
“…Isn’t my treatment too bad for you?”
Kwon So-yul yelled at him, but Jae-hyun ignored it.
Again, at times like this, ignorance was the best.
Ahn Ho-yeon tilted his head.
“Dwarf… Actually, I’m really curious. I’ve seen elves in the form of beasts, so I can guess what they would look like, but I’ve never seen dwarves in beast form.”
“They are cowards, but they say they are the cowards with the most money. Jormungandr, the gag man.”
“Um… a coward with a lot of money. Are you the worst?”
Kwon So-yul muttered that. Kim Yoo-jung nodded in agreement.
If you were going to live as a hikikomori, there was no other option than that. Jaehyun also wanted to live like that before returning for the first time.
“…So, is there any way to attack the dwarves? You have to make them participate in the war… I’m afraid they won’t accept it…”
“That’s what. Gotta go and do something. If it doesn’t work out, I’ll even threaten you.”
Jaehyun’s words shocked Kim Yoojung.
“I can’t tell if you’re a villain or a good guy anymore. do only one just one!”
“Then I’ll do it badly.”
“…Don’t you usually choose a good role at that time?”
When Kim Yu-jung said that and opened her eyes, Jae-hyun shrugged.
“It’s natural when a bad actor does bad things, but people curse at a good actor. And when the villain does good, oh? why is he like that? I like it more while doing it. Just listening to it is honey.”
“…….”
“If you understand, let’s go. It’s done now.”
Jaehyun opened the portal and gestured.
My colleagues were a little nervous because it was their first time riding the world transmission portal, but when he calmly pushed his body in, they threw themselves without question.
And…
I suffered from a great feeling of nausea.
“I’ll even tell you…”
“This bastard…!”
Ahn Ho-yeon and Kwon So-yul look at Jae-hyun with resentment.
While everyone was singing, Jaehyun shook his head and said.
“If I had told you beforehand, no one would have tried to come in.”
No one could deny Jaehyun’s words.
They barely caught their breath and looked at the place where the darkness fell heavily. A mine with rails paved with sparse light.
It was to the extent that anyone could be sure that it was the place where the Dwarves lived.
Jaehyun smiled.
“You don’t even have to look for it. Shall we start negotiating?”
He was willing to raise his fist, if necessary, to conclude the negotiations.
* * *
“Damn it…!”
I heard the curse of the gigantic god sitting on the throne.
Odin. It was only two hours ago that he realized that his plan had gone awry.
[It is said that the adversary destroyed the control tower.]
The news from another crow of his own. It was annoying enough to blow Odin’s mind away.
I could tell just by looking at his nervous face.
The thick veins rising from the forearms bounced like sparks again.
‘What the hell is it? The true identity of the enemy is…!’
It was the first time in the past thousands of years, or 10,000 years, that something had angered him so much. No matter how much I think about it, I don’t understand.
How was the opponent able to become as strong as he is now?
He always seemed to make the best choice over and over again. It was something a normal human could not do.
Human beings are the ones who make the most mistakes. Sometimes they become overly emotional in order to envy each other and deprive each other.
So, in the first war, those who would become Einherjar were chosen as humans.
Odin sat down on his throne, lost in thought.
Is it just luck?
It would be better if it was just for that reason.
But he was pretty sure he wasn’t.
When coincidences overlap, there must be a reason.
Perhaps the adversary has a secret.
It is also highly likely that this is related to Hugin’s secret that Tyr said.
‘I’m not sure.’
Odin tensed his brain.
What is certain is that his plan has collapsed.
He planned to brainwash humans over several decades and turn them into Einherjars to participate in the second Ragnarok.
Unlike the first time, he intended to bring them to his side after subduing them with enormous power.
But that plan has just collapsed.
Because of only one person.
“Besides, clearing the tower means that he may have obtained the first star of the abyss.”
A star in the far abyss.
As far as Odin knew, it was clearly hidden in the Tower of Yggdrasil.
Hana herself couldn’t get it.
Yggdrasil even on the top of the stairs. Because the damn world tree didn’t recognize him.
Yggdrasil always spoke to Odin.
―You are not the owner of the [Star of the Distant Abyss].
A voice falling as if declaring it.
Because of that, he has not been able to collect all the stars of the abyss yet.
So far, the number of stars in the distant abyss that Odin has collected is six.
He needed all nine stars to defeat his opponent and change his fate of losing everything.
“First, find the remaining two distant stars of the abyss first.”
If you take a little risk, even if you don’t collect at least one, you will be able to handle it with your own divinity.
Odin is a transcendent being among transcendents. Because he had the ability to handle that much weight.
I’ll get my own hands dirty if you want. If that’s how you can stop the enemy and bring all the glory to Asgard in your hands.
He was going to do anything.
There are now three remaining star fragments.
Among them, there were now two that he could get right away.
* * *
The village of the dwarves was quite similar to what appeared in fantasy novels that have been read by countless people in the past.
Well, it’s only natural that the novel is based on Norse mythology.
Jaehyun looked at the damp caves around him and deployed his magical powers.
―Active skill «Flash Lv 5».
The spheres cling to the walls like moss, illuminating the cave and its surroundings.
Now this level of magic was not difficult for him at all.
While taking a class on understanding magic arithmetic in the past, he crossed the realm once. Reaching Class A, he clearly felt his magical talent.
Even more so, what about now that you have gained a godhood?
Of course, this kind of magic can be used like breathing.
“First of all, finding the dwarves will be the priority.”
Kim Yoo-jung said that and carefully looked at the trap sticking to the floor. It was something that Jaehyun had destroyed just a moment ago, and it had the effect of paralyzing anyone who stepped on it.
As befits a skillful blacksmith, the precision of the trap was quite good.
Of course, there was no big problem with Jaehyun. Because his skill is such that he can grasp traps like this very easily.
Moreover, compared to when they first attacked the Yggdrasil Tower, their colleagues had already grown a lot. It means you don’t even have to worry about it.
“It’s strange.”
Kwon So-yul suddenly stopped walking and said so. By the time she and her colleagues had already been walking inside for an hour or so.
“We can no longer obtain interior geographic information.”
“It seemed like that. It seems like something is going on here.”
Jaehyun smiled in response to her words.
dwarf. As if Hella was not mistaken in saying that they were surprisingly timid, they were completely concealing their habitat.
It must be guarding against the invasion of outsiders.
Jaehyun took a deep breath and filled the nearby air and mana with the depths of his lungs. A smile slowly spreads across his face.
‘also.’
“hey! What is it? Please say something.”
Jaehyun clenched his fists at the sound of Kim Yoojung’s voice. Then he hit the floor with his fist filled with his magical energy with a squeaking sound.
Along with it, a huge sinkhole-like pit was created, and a long, dark path leading to a staircase opened beneath it.
“This looks like a real residence.”
“…before you break something, I’d like you to say something.”
“I’ll be careful next time.”
After answering Seo Ina’s story, Jaehyun took a step down.
Kim Yoo-jung quietly followed behind and muttered, “I thought you didn’t say that to me,” but Jae-hyun didn’t even pay attention this time.
For reference, the reason Jaehyun was able to find the hidden stairs is simple.
The mana in the air that had just permeated into the lungs. because their concentrations were different.
Dwarves are not very strong against magic. Its ability is excellent because it can create engraving equipment using runes, but that means it is only equipment.
Thanks to that, the magic was quite crude, so it wasn’t too difficult to find the way.
They must have hidden their place like this, thinking that they would not be able to find their way because they could not even sense the increasing concentration.
Of course, it only seemed to Jaehyun that they openly opened their place.
“Wait a minute! Stop there!”
Then I heard the voice of a man with a long beard coming down the stairs.
