Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 33 The Great Serpent Awakens from its Slumber

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In a daze, my consciousness became blurred, and I knew nothing, not even where I was. After an unknown amount of time, I suddenly seemed to hear a faint sound in my ear.

"..."

The voice was so faint that it was hard to hear, but it never stopped calling out, calling out again and again.

“Sur…Sur…”

That name seemed vaguely familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before, but it was as if a thin veil was covering it, and she couldn't remember it no matter what she did. A familiar name was stuck in her throat, but she just couldn't utter it.

"...Sol?"

The name kept echoing in her mind, and then, as if a dusty mirror was slowly wiped clean, revealing its true face, her consciousness gradually began to clear.

"I am... Sol!"

……

"Sur!"

She suddenly opened her eyes, and the darkness before her eyes was instantly replaced by light, illuminating the anxious face of the handsome man in front of her who was urgently calling her name.

"Loki."

Long-lost memories returned, and she hoarsely uttered the other person's name. She tried to prop herself up with her hands, but immediately realized that she was completely powerless and didn't even have the strength to straighten up.

Her heart pounded rapidly from exhaustion and shock, her breathing was rapid, and she felt dizzy. She felt extremely unwell. However, when she saw herself awake, the handsome man in front of her showed joy on his face and turned to call out to the other side.

"Thor! She's awake!"

Ignoring the reactions of the two gods, Suer rubbed his still drowsy forehead, raised his head, looked around at the flesh and blood around him, the chariot beside him and the burning sun, and murmured blankly.

"Where am I...?"

……

"So, the world hasn't seen the sun for almost a year?"

As her body gradually recovered, the sun goddess Sul stroked her forehead and listened quietly as Loki recounted the events of the past few days in a humorous and interesting manner. Then she spoke softly.

"Correct."

Loki nodded.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go."

Surprisingly, Suer's answer was unexpectedly direct. Without saying a word of politeness, he struggled to his feet, ignoring his swaying body, and prepared to take control of his solar chariot again.

"Don't you want to rest a little longer?"

Loki pressed on.

"No need."

Although she could barely stand, the sun goddess Sur, dressed in full armor, stubbornly continued speaking as she struggled to climb onto her chariot.

Beside it, the sun, which had been floating, seemed to be summoned and drifted toward the base behind the solar chariot, the one that was originally used to house the sun.

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened them. The weariness on her face had vanished, and her eyes regained their radiant confidence.

"The sky is the kingdom of the sun, and how can a kingdom exist without a king?"

Her voice was firm and confident, her eyes exceptionally bright, and flames roared from her grip on the reins, spreading along the rope to form two enormous flames at the ends. "Whoa!"

Then, amidst the two flames and the high-pitched neighing of horses, two wondrous fiery horses appeared in the dissipating flames. They had the reins of the Sun Chariot around their necks, looked spirited, kicked their hooves, snorted, and were ready to leap forward and gallop at any moment.

Sull looked at Loki and Thor in front of him and nodded in acknowledgment.

"Come up quickly, you two gods, it's time for the sun's glory to shine on the earth once more."

……

"Tap, tap..."

The spirited flaming horse, dragging a pure gold sun chariot and carrying three gods and the sun, galloped through the indescribably long and immeasurably long intestines of a giant serpent. Its flaming hooves raced through the fleshy intestines at an astonishing speed, flashing past like lightning, leaving behind only a trail of flames that could not be extinguished for a long time.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

Sitting atop the chariot of the sun, feeling the fierce winds blowing in his face, Loki shouted excitedly. Clearly, he was very satisfied with the speed. The journey that the two gods had taken several days to complete could now be easily covered in the blink of an eye.

Without a doubt, the speed of the solar chariot far surpasses that of all humans and gods. Apart from a very few gods, no living being can travel faster than the solar chariot that roams the sky year after year.

Hearing Loki's unrestrained cheers behind her, the sun goddess Sul, who was holding the reins, looked surprised, as if marveling at this god who was always unrestrained, as if he never felt any negative emotions, and was always so enthusiastic, cheerful and active. Then her expression turned into a faint smile.

Although Loki is a being that existed before the creation of heaven and earth, he is clearly different from other beings who are gradually approaching maturity and old age. He is always full of vitality. Odin, who is his sworn brother, is showing signs of old age due to his own aging mindset, while Loki has always maintained a youthful mindset. His face is always that of a handsome young man, always smiling, without any worries.

Even when drinking and fighting with younger generations like Thor, it doesn't seem out of place at all.

"What an interesting deity."

Sur, the sun goddess who spends most of her time surveying the sky and has little interaction with the gods and Loki, glanced back at him and couldn't help but sigh.

Thor, however, looked on with disdain and scoffed at the idea.

"A pointless act."

The Thor leaned against a corner of the Sun Chariot, glancing sideways at Loki, who was cheering wildly beside him, and rolled his eyes at him with a sneer.

Just then, a sudden, violent shaking began, making it difficult to stand.

"Xu~"

Despite the shaking of the fleshy ground beneath them, the two fiery horses remained calm and composed. They adjusted their galloping pace slightly, easily stabilized the sun chariot, gradually slowed down, and came to a stop.

"what happened!"

Thor steadied himself against the chariot beside him, then exclaimed in surprise.

However, no one could answer his confusion at that moment.

Neither Loki nor Sull could explain his confusion; they could only stare in astonishment at the flesh and blood, and the pulsating blood vessels, that were beginning to slowly writhe on the walls of the giant snake's intestines around them.

……

Outside, on the seabed.

A deep rumble, like muffled thunder, echoed through the dark depths of the sea, accompanied by the unconscious actions of the colossal creature that had caused it all.

In the deepest part of this dark seabed, a pair of enormous snake eyes are slowly opening.

The giant serpent, which had been in a deep sleep, was awakened.

(End of this chapter)