Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 17 Encounter of Old Enemies

After swallowing the sun goddess Sur and the sun whole, the serpent hadn't even had time to vent its anger when a deafening roar of thunder suddenly came from beside it. Among the roars, a furious voice that sounded like that of a raging lion was particularly loud.

"How dare you!!!!"

Even though he didn't understand the language the other person was speaking, the serpent strangely seemed to understand what the sentence was saying, and...

That voice sounds familiar, like I've heard it somewhere before.

"Humph……"

Two breaths, like a tornado, suddenly spewed from the snake's nostrils. It raised its massive, mountain-like head, trying to turn its head to see what was beside it, but before it could turn its head, in its peripheral vision, everything suddenly turned pure white.

"Boom! B ...

In an instant, a bolt of lightning, as massive as a mountain and seemingly tearing apart the entire sky, roared and danced wildly in the sky like a dragon, suddenly striking its mountain-like head.

Those serpent scales, harder than city walls and larger than small mountains, couldn't even withstand a moment's resistance before being easily pulverized by this raging thunderbolt. Their thick, powerful flesh and incredibly hard bones appeared so fragile before it. A gaping wound was instantly blasted into the serpent's head, and crimson blood gushed forth like rain, showering the land of the divine kingdom.

"Roar!!!!!!!!!!"

In its agony, the giant serpent let out a desperate, agonizing cry that shook the entire Asgard.

The intense pain in his head persisted, but this intense pain also brought back a sliver of reason to the serpent, which had been driven to madness, anger, and insatiable hunger, and had lost its composure and rationality.

"Danger!!!!!"

Since arriving in this world, the serpent suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis for the first time. This sense of crisis was so strong that it was like a tiger encountering a lion by chance, the kind of strong vigilance and wariness that instinctively arises when encountering a powerful enemy of equal strength.

However, this was accompanied by an almost instinctive, eager excitement, a feeling of anticipation that comes with encountering a nemesis. This excitement seemed to be constantly and frantically urging the giant snake: "Go and fight that guy!!!"

This instinct and excitement were so intense, as if being able to fight that guy even once was Orochi's greatest pursuit in life.

However, a trace of human composure told the giant snake: "You are injured now, and it's too dangerous here, so run!"

Ultimately, calm rationality prevailed.

With a last shred of rational judgment, the giant serpent endured the excruciating pain, forcefully suppressing its primal beastly instincts. It turned and prepared to return to the sea, but before leaving, it couldn't help but glance behind it, wanting to see who had attacked it...

Behind it, numerous gods had arrived, but among them, one god with red hair and a red beard, looking majestic, stood out. His entire body was shrouded in lightning as he flew in the sky, glaring at it with a furious expression. That face instantly reminded the serpent of its identity.

“Thor…”

The giant serpent muttered the name in a somber tone. When it first arrived in this world, this was the guy who threw it into the Endless Sea. It never expected that it would encounter him here.

Looking at the furious creature, it suddenly had a vague feeling that they would meet again sooner or later.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom..."

Amidst the fiery clouds that blotted out the sun, resentful thunder roared and danced across the sky, while the great serpent that had caused all of this had already returned to the endless depths of the sea, falling back into slumber.

...Asgard.

Thor stared furiously at the giant serpent that had fled before him, his right hand gripping the warhammer Milnir trembling with rage.

Heimdall had originally gone with the other gods to enjoy the springs of Uda, protected by the three Fates. Due to negligence, Asgard was left with only Heimdall and his fifty million warrior spirits, allowing the serpent to slip through. Even after hearing Heimdall's horn, Heimdall was too late. A celestial goddess was swallowed whole by the monster before his very eyes, and he was unable to save her. For this most powerful war god of the heavens, this was an immense disgrace.

He also had a vague idea of ​​who the monster was.

"Boom!!!"

Every move of God affects the entire world. Thor's anger means that countless lightning bolts fill the sky. The lightning dances in the sky, and with Thor's will, bolts of lightning strike the ground, extinguishing the storms created by the serpent.

After the storm subsided, Asgard was revealed to be a ruin ravaged by the giant serpent, with the immortal spirits scattered everywhere, each looking disheveled and wretched.

Seeing the devastation before him, Thor finally couldn't hold back any longer. He raised his head and roared angrily at the sky.

Loki!!!!

The furious roar echoed throughout Asgard...

……

Somewhere in the human world.

"Hiccup~"

A slender, handsome man lay lazily on a chair in the tavern, burping contentedly from his drunken stupor. Beside him, the tavern owner cowered under the counter, praying incessantly to the gods. The tavern was in a mess, empty except for the two of them.

The strange phenomenon that had just occurred was so bizarre that it scared away many of the guests. Even the fearless Vikings held a certain reverence for the gods, but this slender and handsome man seemed completely unconcerned, lying there lazily without a care in the world.

"Hey, shopkeeper, bring a few more bottles of ale."

The handsome man tapped his wooden wine cup on the table a few times in dissatisfaction, but the tavern owner, who was already trembling with fear, obviously wouldn't respond to what he said.

"Tch, what's there to be afraid of? How boring."

The handsome man, thoroughly bored, curled his lip and then glanced at the sky outside the tavern…

In his view, the crimson clouds almost completely obscured everything, and the sun, which should have been in the sky, had disappeared, its light dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The whole world is gradually plunging into darkness.

Looking at the sky, the seemingly lazy but handsome man's gaze sharpened slightly.

"However, it seems like something really serious has happened this time..."

He muttered to himself, stroking his beard. A hint of amusement first appeared on his half-drunk face, but then he quickly reverted to his usual nonchalant, drunken demeanor.

(End of this chapter)