Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 67 The Other Side of the Gods

(Loki's rebuttal is a very important plot point, much like the Yellow Turban Rebellion is to the Three Kingdoms period, and cannot be avoided. This chapter largely quotes from the Icelandic epic Edda, with little original content. This is unavoidable, so there will be another chapter as compensation. Please skip to the next one.)
"Loki, how dare you say such a thing!"

The god of poetry, Bragi, flew into a rage, stood up abruptly, and roared furiously.

Loki looked at him, first with a strange sneer, then burst into laughter.

“Bragi, you are the most cowardly of all the gods. Every time you fight against the giants, you just cower and hide. This wine is for the warrior, not for the coward.”

Upon hearing Loki's words, the gods' expressions turned ugly, revealing their displeasure. Bragi, who had been pushed to the forefront by Loki, seemed to feel humiliated and argued angrily, his face red and neck thick.

"Whether it's eloquence in peacetime or prowess on the battlefield, I've never lost. Loki, if you keep spouting nonsense, I'll cut off your head!"

"Come on, Bragi, you've always been all talk and no action. When you're talking big, you look like a hero to everyone else, but when you see a real one, even if a giant just yawns, you'll be so scared that you'll turn around and run away. Yes, you've never lost, but that's because you've never actually fought."

Loki sat back in the wicker chair, lounging lazily, and chuckled loudly.

He leaned back lazily, casually raising his feet onto the long table, and glanced contentedly at Bragi, the god of poetry, opposite him.

Before him, Bragi's teeth chattered with rage, his eyes bulged bloodshot as if he were about to devour someone, his fists clenched tightly, but he did not actually lash out.

At this moment, beside Braki, the beautiful and youthful goddess Eden first glared angrily at Loki, then turned her head, gently tugged at her husband's sleeve, and said softly to him.

"Come on, Brag, for the sake of your loved ones and children, why bother arguing with Loki?"

Upon hearing this, Bragi glanced at the surrounding gods, and the gloom and anger on his face gradually subsided.

Both Bragi and Eden are among the twelve Aesir gods. It would be quite undignified for them to have a big argument with Loki in this situation.

At that moment, Loki, who had been watching coldly, suddenly sneered.

“Eden, you’d better shut your mouth! I can say this openly in front of the gods: you’re a slutty whore who can’t resist strong men and even seduced the man who killed your brother.”

Loki's words were sharp and malicious, but they directly caused the goddess of youth, Eden, to turn pale.

"you you……"

Eden stood up abruptly, her body trembling with anger. Her finger, pointing at Loki, quivered, but she couldn't utter a word on her youthful and beautiful face. Instead, she silently shed tears.

Loki watched with a cold smile.

Loki has been in Asgard for tens of thousands of years, and not many people pay attention to him. However, many secrets are not kept from him. It is precisely because of this that he knows more about the dark side of the gods than ordinary people.

Behind the seemingly glorious gods, there are definitely all sorts of dirty and sordid things. Loki saw all of this, but said nothing.

On this day, he intended to make one last effort to get Odin to agree to his request, but he could no longer bear the gods' contempt for him. The dissatisfaction and resentment that had been suppressed for tens of thousands of years finally erupted on this day.

The argument between the two great gods and Loki was so unbearable that one of the gods finally couldn't hold back any longer. The goddess Geofein stood up and smiled.

"It's really funny how the three of you are arguing. Loki is just joking and talking nonsense, so why are you arguing like this?"

These embarrassing things are hard to talk about, so when Geoffrey spoke, he was trying to smooth things over and at least not make the atmosphere so awkward.

“Geoffrey, you don’t need to pretend to be a good person here. You are also a vain person. You are proficient in prophecy and know the past and future. How could you not know whether what I say is true or false, or are you just pretending to be stupid? Or is it that Eden’s matter reminds you of yourself? Reminds you of how you did not hesitate to have an affair with a mortal in order to obtain those lands, and that’s why you feel sorry for Eden?”

Loki looked at Geofein and couldn't help but burst into laughter as he spoke.

What Loki was talking about was a story from the past of the goddess Geofein.

Göführen once disguised herself as a witch and came to Sweden. After several secret meetings with King Gülförf, she asked him for a small piece of land, which the king readily agreed to give her as a piece of wasteland that could be cultivated in a day and night.

That night, Georgieva used a plow, pulled by oxen transformed from her four sons, to plow away a large tract of land from central Sweden to Denmark. This land became Zealand, Denmark's largest island, while the hollowed-out central Sweden, filled with seawater, became Lake Mälaren, Sweden's largest lake.

In this Norse world, gods, like humans, have emotions and desires. Or rather, humans were created by Odin and Loki based on the gods, and human emotions and desires originated from the gods.

Just as humans pursue gold, which cannot be eaten, drunk, or worn, the desire to flaunt and compare the size of one's territory and power is also widespread among the gods. However, the goddess Geofein chose to have an affair with a mortal in exchange for her territory and power in the human world.

This is definitely a major dark chapter in the goddess Geofein's history. Although many people know about it, because Geofein is skilled in prophecy, other gods are afraid of being resented by her and having her plot against them, so no god has ever dared to directly expose it.

Only now, with the resentment and dissatisfaction that had been suppressed in his heart for tens of thousands of years suddenly erupting, did Loki dare to speak frankly about Geofein's dark history.

The goddess Geoffrey was so angry that she could barely speak. Her face turned ashen, and she gripped the chair beside her, cursing angrily.

"Loki! I swear, you will be tied to a rock and tortured!"

Her tone was sinister; fate would fulfill her curse and prove her words true.

At this moment, the goddess Frigg, who was sitting at the very top, could no longer sit still. She frowned slightly. Geoffrey was her maid, and she could not stand idly by if her reputation was damaged. She couldn't help but speak up.

“Your old grievances should not be made public in front of everyone, Loki. Now shut up. For the sake of past relationships, the gods may forgive you.”

"Affection? What affection?"

Unexpectedly, Loki showed no appreciation whatsoever. His serpentine eyes stared at the goddess before him, and he instead asked a mocking question.

"Is it because you seduced me and Odin's brother, Ve, that you're forgiving me?"

These words caused an uproar throughout the banquet, and Frieda's face instantly turned deathly pale...

(End of this chapter)