Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 37 Mutual Distrust
In the gloomy sky, thunder roared and lightning flashed through the dark clouds, while on the raging sea ravaged by a storm, an enormous monster coldly stared at the figure before it.

With his crimson hair, bulging muscles, arrogant and conceited face, and the iconic warhammer in his hand, he could still stand proudly in this chaotic world, even amidst storms and torrential rains.

The giant snake recognized him and knew who he was.

"Thor."

A rare hint of calm and seriousness appeared deep within his normally furious pupils.

Thor, or as the poor Norse people called him, Donar, was the god of the poor and farmers, the god of strength and lightning, forever passionate about battle, yet always showing compassion for the poor. Though fierce in nature, he was not unlikeable. The eldest son of Odin, the king of the gods, he was the strongest among the gods, and his warhammer, Mjolnir, possessed invincible power…

People are always generous with their praise for Thor, but Orochi has only one opinion about this guy.

"Very strong."

This creature was the strongest among all the beings Orochi had ever seen. That was why Orochi did not, as he usually did, choose to violently charge forward, but instead temporarily suppressed his rage and regained some of his rationality.

Although the giant snake was somewhat slow-witted, it was not without intelligence. This slowness was more reflected in its logical reasoning and calculation abilities, because it was not a particularly intelligent creature. However, in other aspects, it even possessed a keen intuition unique to wild beasts, which was more than that of ordinary people due to its pure mind.

The reason he always rushes headlong into things is quite simple...

If violence can solve the problem, why bother using your brain?
When your size grows larger and larger, to the point that what is a mountain to an ordinary person is nothing more than a grain of sand to you, and what is a lake to an ordinary person is nothing more than a drop of water to you, your attitude towards everything will also change.

Do you think a bunch of things that aren't even dust have the right to make you use your brain?

Just as the serpent had always known that deep within the ocean where it lay, there was a deep-sea palace, and that the old sea god Egil, who hated it with a passion, was so open about his hostility that the serpent could clearly sense it, yet it had never done anything about it.

It's nothing more than an ant.

To outsiders, the old sea god was a god, one who existed before the world was born, and whom even the god-king Odin had to respect. But to the serpent, he was nothing more than a slightly larger ant. A powerful ant is still just an ant.

There's no need to use your brain when dealing with ants.

Just as humans don't bother with their brains or ants with any schemes or tricks, the giant snake saw no need to think about these tiny specks of dust.

Sun, moon, stars, gods, giants...

All these things were nothing more than tiny specks of dust in the eyes of the great serpent, not worth mentioning.

Eat when you want, kill when you want, sleep when you want; why care about the opinions of those insignificant reptiles?

but……

Thor clearly does not belong to this category.

The giant serpent sensed a powerful force emanating from him, a force that made him extremely wary.

There's no need to use your brain when dealing with ants; but when facing a formidable enemy that can rival you, then you do need to use your brain.

……

"Step aside."

Under Thor's gaze, the colossal creature, whose body was mostly submerged in the sea, stared coldly at him. Then, a deep rumble resounded, and the air around Thor trembled.

The giant serpent spoke for the first time.

No, it didn't speak at all. It was just that its spirit was so vast that even a little bit of power that leaked out was enough to affect reality, causing the air to tremble and thus creating a sound that seemed to be speaking.

And it's hard to say that the tone was speaking, because the sound didn't sound like a human being at all; it sounded more like the growl of a wild beast.

"I thought you couldn't talk." Thor's face was full of fighting spirit as he laughed wildly, listening to the serpent's silent growl.

"The ants are not qualified to speak to me; they are not worthy."

The giant serpent looked down at Thor beneath it, its cold pupils devoid of any humanity.

As it spoke, two violent tornadoes burst forth from its nostrils, blowing violently into the sea and whipping up countless waves. The resulting massive waves caused Thor's crimson hair to flutter wildly in the wind.

The serpent's pupils turned unusually cold.

"Get out of my way, the sun is mine. As long as you move aside, I can overlook your offensive behavior towards me."

As the serpent's deep growl echoed, the sea began to churn with increasing unease.

"Rumble, rumble..."

Above, the sky remained covered with dark clouds, and the lightning, as if sensing the confrontation between the two monsters below, became less violent and quieter.

The solar chariot, which was trying to escape the serpent's sight and fly back into the sky, had not gone far. At the serpent's speed, it could be intercepted at any time and swallowed back into its belly.

Of course, the premise is...

If it weren't for the seemingly insignificant, but actually arrogant and overbearing Thor standing in front of the serpent.

Thor considered the serpent his nemesis, but the serpent also considered Thor a formidable opponent.

Although arrogant, Orochi's fear of Thor was undeniable. This fear led Orochi to try for the first time to resolve the issue through dialogue and compromise, rather than through violent suppression.

In the serpent's view, he had already shown Thor enough respect.

But Thor obviously doesn't think so.

"What if I don't?"

Thor spoke each word carefully, his eyes blazing with increasing ferocity and excitement.

"Then you deserve to die!"

For the first time, the serpent's deep voice was tinged with intense anger.

Under Thor's gaze, its eyes took on an unsettling crimson hue, becoming utterly terrifying.

It raised its head, a violent movement that caused the entire sea to boil violently, and its magnificent form, which seemed to connect with the sky and the sea, made the serpent look like the ruler of the entire dark and chaotic world.

"No god will come to your aid. Those ants are neither qualified nor dare to participate in our struggle... You will die here, Thor."

The threatening voice, like thunder, mixed with the roar of raging winds, rang in Thor's ears.

Faced with this blatant and undisguised threat, Thor became even more excited, his face contorted with rage as he laughed wildly.

"Of course they won't come to help me, because... I'm enough on my own!!!"

Before the maniacal laughter had even faded, Thor suddenly leaped up, roaring, and swung his warhammer, Mjolnir, fiercely at the serpent's head.

Opposite him, the giant serpent, which had been poised to strike, also opened its massive jaws and lunged at him.

(End of this chapter)