Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 1 The Three Young Siblings
Odin left the giant wolf Fenrir in Asgard and appointed Hela, the goddess of death, as the ruler of the land of the dead. Only the great serpent Jormungandr was too hideous and was despised by the gods, so they cast it into the bottomless ocean of the human world...

—The Edda

"..."

My head felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if I had been hit by someone; I was in a daze, and my mind was a mess.

The sounds of men and women arguing constantly filled my ears, their voices varying from gentle to masculine, as if there were many people talking around me.

"who am I?"

He struggled to open his eyes, but in his dazed state, a thought first flashed through his mind.

Strangely, in its mind, everyone should have a name, but the problem is that it only vaguely remembers that it was once a human being, born, going to school, graduating, going to work...

It seems there's nothing particularly special about it, yet many memories are veiled in a thin layer of gauze, making them difficult to see clearly.

In his hazy memory, he could only vaguely recall that his name was...

"Dream...Meng...Meng?"

Somewhat hesitantly pondered his name, yet still unable to confirm it, the name "Meng" suddenly came to mind.

"where am I?"

This was his second thought. He tried desperately to open his eyes, but they seemed to be glued shut by something, making it impossible to open them. The voices of men and women beside him grew clearer and clearer.

"It should be thrown down..."

"No, I think this little guy is quite cute..."

"This little girl..."

Strangely enough, although Meng had never heard those complex and bizarre sounds before, he could understand them effortlessly.

Meng tried hard to open his eyes, and suddenly, a ray of light appeared before him, followed by a bright and clear view, with countless colors flooding in.

Then, at first glance, Meng was stunned...

"Where am I...?"

Inside the towering temple, giants could be seen coming and going everywhere. Each one of them carried an inexplicable sense of oppression, which made people feel fear. The giants were so tall that Meng had to look up to see their full figures.

At the same time, Meng was surprised to discover something else...

"Where are my hands and feet?!"

Perhaps because his mind had been too foggy before, Meng didn't immediately realize that he couldn't feel his hands and feet. Not to mention hands and feet, at this moment, Meng felt as if he had lost them and was crawling on the ground.

Ignoring the giants' appearance, Meng reflexively looked down at his own body and saw that what appeared to be his body was covered with tiny, black scales and sticky mucus.

Turning around, I saw only a long, thin snake tail dragging on the ground behind me.

Without even thinking about why his head seemed to be able to rotate 360 ​​degrees, Meng finally had to confirm a fact after looking around at his body in astonishment...

He turned into a snake.

What's even stranger is that there was an animal that looked like a newborn puppy next to it, as well as a little girl who was fast asleep.

The puppy wasn't unusual, but what truly astonished Meng was the sleeping little girl.

The left half of her body is as normal as a pure and beautiful little girl, while the right half looks like a half-skull that has been roasted alive.

The contrast between life and death is incredibly terrifying.

As Meng looked around, the oppressive giants stood in the hall, arguing fiercely. In the very center of the crowd sat a one-eyed old man with a long beard, dressed in full military uniform, sitting on a silver throne.

The one-eyed old man wore a large golden crown on his head, with two ethereal ravens perched on his shoulders, and two alert wolves crouching at his feet.

Unlike the others who were arguing, the one-eyed old man remained silent, his gaze sharp as he glanced in Meng's direction.

Although he wasn't being looked at specifically, being swept over by that sharp, knife-like gaze still made Meng feel numb all over.

Fortunately, the one-eyed old man merely glanced at it and showed no other interest before falling into deep thought again…

"enough!"

Finally, with a sudden roar from the one-eyed old man, the many giants who had been arguing fell silent.

After quieting down, the one-eyed old man glanced around at the giants and then looked at Meng again.

This time, Meng was finally certain that he was being watched, because along with the one-eyed old man's gaze, the gazes of the other men and women also turned to Meng. Under the watchful eyes of so many giants, Meng couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis and subconsciously opened his mouth.

However, he forgot that at that moment, he was simply a snake.

So when he opened his mouth, his newly formed, yet already showing some sharp fangs, he revealed them to the many giants in front of him.

"Sigh~"

Its long, bright red tongue, its full set of fangs... and its instinctive retreat in a defensive posture, made it seem as if it were threatening a giant.

Meng immediately noticed that the giants in front of him all showed some displeasure and disgust on their faces.

The one-eyed old man's face showed some displeasure, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at one of the giants and said calmly.

"Thor, throw this beast into the sea."

The giant, referred to as Thor by the one-eyed old man, was handsome and wore armor; his strong arms clearly indicated his great strength.

Upon hearing this, the giant immediately walked towards Meng without saying a word.

"Tap...tap..."

The rustling sound of the armor on his body as he walked proved that what this burly giant was wearing was no mere decoration.

Looking at the majestic and imposing giant, Meng immediately felt a sense of unease.

"Hey...wait..."

He wanted to say something, but he forgot...

At this moment, in his snake form, he could only make some gestures like flicking his tongue.

Immediately, the giant stretched out a large hand and reached out to grab Meng.

The immense power emanating from the giant's hand felt heavier than a mountain, directly compressing Meng's bones until they were clenched together, producing a series of crisp sounds as they rubbed against each other, and a sharp pain spread throughout his entire body.

"pain……"

Before the screams of agony could even escape its lips, the giant's eyes widened in fury, and it raised its arm high...

"what!"

With a thunderous roar, the arm, raised high, lashed out like a taut spring.

"Boom!"

With a sudden outstretched arm, the sound barrier was broken in an instant. Amidst the thunderous explosions and shrill cries of the air rubbing against the arm, the strongest deity in the heavens, with his immense strength capable of shattering mountains, hurled the still-growing young snake into the sky, where it vanished like a shooting star…

After watching Meng disappear from sight, the one-eyed old man turned his head to look at the little girl and the pitiful-looking puppy in front of him. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke.

"As for Fenrir and Hela... Fenrir, let him stay in Asgard; Hela, let her go to the land of the dead."

……

A few days later, the entire Nine Realms knew that Odin, the King of the Gods, had left Loki's three children: Fenrir in Asgard, Hela in the land of the dead, and Jormungandr, the ugliest of the gods, was thrown into the bottomless ocean of the human world.

……

The human world, the deep sea.

On the vast, dark sea, only the howling of the sea wind and the rolling of giant waves could be heard. Here, it was almost impossible to find any life.

Everything seemed so peaceful, as if it would never change.

However, there are always exceptions.

"Bang!!!"

From the sky, something crashed into the sea like a meteorite, and instantly, accompanied by a deafening roar, towering waves surged forth...

After a long while, the sea gradually calmed down, and a small, limp snake emerged from the water.

At this moment, all that filled its mind was endless fear.

"Damn it, that guy almost killed me by dropping me..."

(End of this chapter)