Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 791 Odin appears!

To be fair, Li You believed what Kratos said that he would come back to find him.

Once I give the heart to Freya and heal Atreus, he will definitely come to help.

But the problem is, as mentioned not long ago, time flows much slower in Helheim than in Midgard.

In other words, even if Kratos was extremely fast and returned to Freya, dropped the heart and turned around and left, by the time he got back to Helheim, Li You would probably be dead - if he really couldn't beat Balder.

So it was obvious that he could only rely on himself this time, and he couldn't even count on his companions. After all, he had already opened the duel field in order to delay Balder.

Looking at Balder opposite him, Li You drew out the spiral sword and then unfolded it into a pair of flaming swords.

"Ah."

Balder didn't take him seriously at all. He had fought with Li You more than once and had some understanding of the enemy's strength.

In his opinion, the only thing about Li You's fighting skills is that they are different from the style of this land, and the transformable flaming sword is a bit interesting, but everything else is nothing special.

Sure enough, Li You immediately summoned a half-dragon shadow, which enveloped him. His aura also soared, but he was still not taken seriously by Balder.

"Same old routine?"

Balder held the small dagger that Li You had thrown to him—because of the rules of the duel field, he couldn't throw the knife away—and sneered disdainfully: "Is there anything new?"

"You'll know soon." Li You just said.

Of course he knew that he was no match for Balder in his half-dragon state, but since he dared to open a duel field, he was naturally confident.

"Hmph... come on then."

Balder seemed a little uninterested, but the next moment, he suddenly exploded, rushed out with an afterimage, and punched Li You in the face!
Although I can't throw away the small dagger, I can just carry it on my back.

The punch was fast and heavy, and even Kratos couldn't block it easily. Li You had no intention of accepting it at all. The moment he saw Balder move, he recognized the move, and immediately flapped his phantom wings and flew backwards!

He thus avoided Balder's punch just in time, and then raised his two swords, cutting the inside and outside of Balder's wrists, and blood spurted out.

Balder didn't feel anything, and any injuries would recover very quickly. Although he hadn't tried it, Li You estimated that beheading and amputation would not work on Balder.

He wasn't sure, it was just his intuition, but magic under the Nordic system didn't make sense.

But since you can't sever limbs, you can try to target tendons and joints. Even if Balder recovers extremely quickly, it will still take some time, just like how Kratos broke his neck in the prologue of the game and temporarily stopped him.

Sure enough, after Li You's two slashes, Bader's movement of withdrawing his hand was obviously slower, and the power he burst out at this moment was also greatly reduced.

Li You naturally would not miss such a key point. In his eyes, Balder's fighting skills could only be described as mediocre, and he had full confidence that he could seize these flaws.

So the following battle turned out like this, Li You attacked Balder's joints to slow down his movements and wait for an opportunity to launch a more violent attack.

Although Balder also saw through Li You's intention, he could not avoid having his weaknesses targeted.

Li You even tried to use divine power to slow down Balder's self-healing speed, but soon discovered that Balder's immortality really would not listen to reason. Even if he injected divine power into the attack, it would not affect his self-healing speed at all, so he did not try again.

Balder's self-healing does not consume his own strength, and although Li You's consumption of maintaining half-dragon transformation is small, it cannot be sustained indefinitely.

It is conceivable that if the two people continue to fight like this, there will only be one result.

But before that, Balder couldn't stand it anymore.

“Ahhhh——!!”

The divine power in his body exploded instantly, transforming into a severe frost storm that swept across, instantly knocking Li You back more than ten meters. Balder then rushed up and punched Li You!
He even yelled at the same time: "Are these the only tricks you can use!?"

"Boom-!!"

Li You failed to dodge Balder's attack this time, and was knocked back by a punch again, crashing into the edge barrier of the duel field at high speed!
With a "thump", Li You landed gently on the ground and bent down. His expression could not be seen.

Balder approached with his fists clenched, his expression full of impatience: "It's so boring to fight with you. You can't hurt me, and you like to use those little tricks that have no practical significance."

As he spoke, he had already come in front of Li You: "Those useless tricks of yours are simply an insult to me! Die!"

Balder raised his fist wrapped in frost and was about to drop it!
However, at this moment, Li You suddenly raised his head!

There was no wavering in his eyes, and his expression was extremely calm, without any sign of being hurt at all.

Balder: “!?”

He subconsciously felt something was wrong and wanted to retreat, but then he thought, what threat can this guy pose to him?
It was this moment of hesitation that made him unable to dodge. Li You swung a punch fiercely, and Bader stretched out his hand to block it, and then was knocked away!

"Boom!!"

It seemed like a replay of what happened just now, but this time it was Balder who was blown away. He hit the barrier on the other side and fell heavily.

“How can this be…!?”

Balder got up from the ground. Although he didn't feel any pain and was not injured, he was extremely surprised that he was knocked away by Li You's punch.

The power that this guy just exploded is a world apart from before!
When I looked at Li You again, I saw that his appearance had changed completely.

The phantom wings behind him solidified into a solid entity, and his entire body was covered with dark dragon scales. His body shape became exaggerated and hideous, and his face turned into a demon-like posture, vaguely similar to the original one.

"What's this?"

Even Balder had never seen this form of power and was confused for a moment.

And Li You rushed up instantly!
His two pairs of dragon wings each possessed power related to storm and space. Either one could increase his speed to an exaggerated level, even faster than Balder at full speed!
"boom!!"

Bader barely reacted, and although he tried to resist, Li You grabbed his arm and sent him into the air with an uppercut!
This time he stopped only after hitting the air barrier. As he fell downwards, Balder roared, divine power flowed through his body, and he threw a punch, colliding head-on with Li You who was rushing up from below!

"boom--!!"

The two men's fists collided, and this time, with their full strength bursting out, it turned out that the result was almost equal.

But to be precise, Li You was better. The flesh and blood on Balder's right arm was torn to pieces by the exploding divine power at the moment of collision, but Li You was unharmed, and was just like Balder, he was knocked back.

Bader landed on the ground, stepped back repeatedly, and his right arm quickly recovered.

He looked at Li You, his eyes finally showing solemnity: "You actually have such power... It must be a divine power from a foreign country, interesting."

Li You, who had completely transformed into a dragon man, looked at Balder with a calm expression on his sculpture-like face, and he did not seem to be in a hurry to chase.

This was the first time he had completely transformed into a dragon man since coming to Northern Europe. This was one of his biggest trump cards, the form in which he could exert his strongest combat power, and it was also the form that had been almost sealed due to the suppression of local divine power.

At this moment, it was revealed that he was indeed better than Balder in a fight of fists and feet.

However, Balder looked at Li You and laughed again: "But unfortunately, this is the Nine Realms! The divine power from a foreign country is like rootless water. How long can you hold on like this?"

But Li You just looked at him and said nothing.

The invisible pressure and changing atmosphere made Bader's face change slightly.

Could it be that……

That's exactly what he was saying.

Li You opened his hand and the Fire Sword appeared in his hand. He instantly turned into a ray of residual light and rushed towards Balder!

"Pfft-"

Li You, holding the Fire Sword, became even more aggressive. The flame field unfolded in an instant. Balder could only barely grab the blade of the Fire Sword with both hands, but he could not prevent it from piercing his chest!

"puff!!"

Blood spurted out of Balder's mouth, with shock and anger in his eyes. He didn't expect that Li You's strength still had room for improvement.

But he could also feel that even with the Fire Sword, Li You's divine power was at most slightly better than his, and he would not have such an overwhelming advantage.

So why did he fall behind?
Because Li You was squandering his divine power at this time, with no intention of saving it, he just kept outputting and bursting out!
Balder couldn't understand: "How can you have so much power? You are not an outsider, who are you? Are you from the Vanir clan?"

Li You was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Of course, he was an outsider, and he had not received any local divine power. He had estimated before that if he turned into a dragon, he would probably be able to fight for a shorter time than the civil servants of a certain M78 Nebula.

Then why did he suddenly no longer need to save his divine power?

The answer lies in the duel field.

The duel field can repel all external interference and never distinguish between friend and foe.

The territory has been opened, isolating the inside and outside. Li You's companions are unable to interfere in the battle, so he can only rely on himself.

But from another perspective, as long as he was within this area, the suppression from this land was blocked, and Li You's divine power consumption rate returned to normal levels.

So it’s not that Li You suddenly has endless divine power, but that he can now use his power normally like before.

And this was enough to give Balder a big surprise.

"Ahhhhh...!!"

However, Balder was unwilling to be beaten like this, and he roared again, unleashing his divine power!
This was the first time he used all his strength without reservation in the battle with Li You.

Balder instantly knocked Li You away, and then chased after him, punching wildly, each punch was wrapped in an ice storm that could freeze the soul!

“Ding ding ding——!!”

Of course Li You would not be so arrogant as to take it head-on. He raised the Fire Sword to neutralize Balder's attack. The two of them fought while they were moving, and the sound of fierce collision echoed above the bridge of the temple.

"Boom!!"

Finally, there was another loud bang, and Li You threw a punch that collided with Balder's fist. The burst of divine power blew them both away!
Li You flapped his dragon wings and stood firm on his footing, while Balder slid a long distance on the ground in a posture similar to that of a superhero landing before stopping.

He then looked at Li You and said, "You are quite capable... but! I can feel that your power is waning! If you continue to fight, you will be the one to die!"

Li You didn't say much, he just spread his hands and the Fire Sword turned into two spears. The spear bodies were completely covered in flames and even their shapes could not be seen clearly.

He held both guns in his hands and pointed them at Bader.

"Heh...come on then!"

Balder had adjusted his condition at this time and was not afraid of Li You at all.

He is cursed with immortality!
"Ahhhh!!" Balder burst out with his divine power again, rushed towards Li You and punched him!
But this time, a strange color flashed in Li You's eyes that were radiating golden light, and then he swung his two guns. Flames rose from his right gun, which deflected Bader's fist, while all the flames from his left gun were extinguished in an instant, revealing the emerald green gun body!

Seeing this scene, Balder instinctively realized that something was wrong, but it was too late to retreat. The green spear in Li You's left hand had already stabbed towards his face!
Bader didn't have time to think and rushed forward with a punch!
"clang!!"

"Pfft-"

Emerald green fragments bounced in all directions, accompanied by splattering blood.

Balder and Li You were bounced away again by the collision of this attack, and the green spear shattered because it could not withstand the collision of the two people's divine power.

Neither of them was injured, so the conflict should have continued, but Balder froze in place.

He looked at the wound on his right hand that was cut by the green spear, and his expression suddenly changed. There was a mixture of surprise and disbelief in his expression.

"What's this?"

He clenched his fist. The wound on his fist was not noticeable, but from the wound he felt a strange touch that he had not felt for a hundred years.

He vaguely remembered that the feeling was called "pain".

Not only the pain, he could also feel the chill that penetrated deep into his soul in the biting cold wind of Helheim, and of course the residual heat from the burn after his left fist collided with Li You's spear.

“I… felt it!? Haha, hahahahahaha——!!”

The feeling of the outside world that surged like a tide made Balder realize that the day of lifting the curse, which he had been looking forward to for countless years, had finally arrived!
——At the same time, Midgard.

Freya, who was originally taking care of the sick Atreus, seemed to realize something and stood up suddenly!

In the previous moment, she suddenly felt a piercing pain, as if... she was about to lose her most precious thing.

Freya looked at the unconscious Atreus and seemed to see the shadow of another person in a trance.

"…Badr?"

"boom--"

The door of her house was knocked open at this time, and Kratos rushed back with the heart: "Freya! I got the heart!"

Then Kratos saw the tears that Freya couldn't help but flow down her face, and his expression changed drastically: "What's going on? Could it be that Atreus..."

Freya came back to her senses and quickly wiped away her tears, saying, "No, don't worry, he's fine. You came back just in time."

"I just thought of my own child... No, never mind. Give me the heart and I'll make the potion."

As she spoke, she took the heart that Kratos had taken out and walked towards the crucible.

But in her heart, the worry that welled up in her heart could not be shaken off.

……

Helheim.

After being imprisoned in his own body for a hundred years, Balder was finally freed and was so excited that he almost forgot about Li You's existence.

It was only when Li You approached with a spear in hand that he came back to his senses.

However, Balder had no intention of stopping. Instead, he rushed forward again with a big laugh: "I really want to thank you!"

"Boom!!"

A hard punch.

"You have accomplished something that even the All-Father of the Gods could not do!"

"boom--"

Another fierce kick came down.

Balder was so excited that he seemed to suppress Li You for a moment.

"As a token of my gratitude, when I kill you, I will take your bones and weapons home to decorate them!"

Balder was so excited that he talked more. He punched Li You wildly and refused to retreat even when he was burned by flames.

But Li You had had enough of fighting with him.

The next moment, when Bader wanted to give Li You another heavy punch, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen!
"Pfft-"

The Fire Sword tore open the previous wound again, and the flames penetrated into Balder's body, burning his flesh and blood.

This time, Balder could not completely ignore it like before. Instead, he felt a sweetness in his throat and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

"Wow...!!"

Balder paused for a moment, and Li You immediately punched him hard, knocking him to the ground!
"Boom!!"

It was not until he was knocked down by Li You's punch that Balder realized that he was overly excited about his wish coming true and made the most fatal mistake.

That is to fight in the same way as when he was immortal.

As mentioned before, even if Balder is not immortal, he is still an enemy worthy of Kratos's full strength and is definitely not an easy one to deal with.

However, at this moment, he had already consumed a lot of energy in the previous fight, and he had squandered his divine power without hesitation, so that he could no longer burst out his full-level combat power, so he was knocked down by Li You's punch.

Only then did Balder recover from his excitement and realize that something was wrong.

What he seeks is the removal of the curse, not death.

He thought it would be better to die than to live a life where he couldn't feel anything, but now the curse has been lifted and he still has a lot of good days ahead of him, so how could he die here!
No, I can't die here! Is there any other way...

Balder tried to get up immediately, but Li You had already stepped on his chest and pushed him back to the ground.

"Are you happy, Balder?" Li You looked at him and said calmly, "You've been happy, now it's my turn."

It’s not that he didn’t think about the consequences of killing Balder, but this guy was persistent and Li You had had enough of him.

In that case, let’s get rid of him once and for all!

As for Freya... we need to find another way to deal with it.

Li You looked at Balder under his feet and was about to stab him with the spiral gun in his hand!

However, at this moment, Balder suddenly swung his punch, colliding with the spiral gun!

Li You originally thought that he was just fighting like a trapped beast, but he saw the cold light of a blade between his fingers!

"That is……?"

The next moment, there was a "clang" sound, and a small dagger exploded in Balder's hand!

Immediately afterwards, the duel field flashed for an instant, and then began to shrink and dissipate rapidly.

Li You instantly felt the pressure like a mountain returning to him. He couldn't help but take two steps back. He could no longer maintain the dragon man form and it was automatically released soon after.

"Well……"

Looking at Balder who was struggling and crawling on the ground, trying to get away from him, Li You frowned slightly.

"You are quite clever. You have discovered the method to crack the duel field."

Indeed, if one of the weapons that was the stakes of the duel was completely destroyed, the duel field would be forcibly interrupted.

Originally in Li You's plan, this was actually a way to escape in case he still couldn't defeat Balder, but it was not used in the end.

"But what's the point? Even if you escape the duel field, you can't escape from me - after all, you are already like this."

Balder looked extremely miserable at this moment. He had a huge penetrating wound in his abdomen. Flames were wrapped around the wound, burning his flesh and blood, and his entire body was covered with scars.

Although he had lost his immortality, he could still recover with divine power. However, Balder no longer had any extra strength at the moment, and the remaining divine power had to be used to prevent the wound in his abdomen from getting worse.

This is Helheim again, and it is obvious that Balder can no longer escape.

He climbed to the side of the Divine Condor Bridge guardrail, leaned against it, looked at Li You, and spat out a mouthful of blood foam, but he could still laugh: "Is this really the case?"

Li You frowned slightly, not understanding what he meant, but the next moment, he felt something, turned around abruptly, and pointed the spear in his hand fiercely behind him!
"bass--"

A buzzing sound echoed, and the person who appeared behind him silently was a one-eyed old man.

At this moment, his head was right in front of Li You's gun, but his eyes did not waver at all.

"Oh, be careful, young man," the old man said. "This is very dangerous."

Li You's expression also changed: "...Odin?"

The visitor was none other than Odin, the God King of the Nine Realms and Lord of Asgard.

"…It's interesting that you know me."

He looked at Li You and actually smiled, "You are very interesting, distinguished guest. I have been wanting to chat with you for a long time."

Li You did not reply, but then he noticed something and turned around to see that Balder, who was leaning on the guardrail, was surrounded by a group of black crows.

The flock of ravens flew around him, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared with Balder himself.

Needless to say, that was Odin's teleportation spell, which could teleport seamlessly across the nine realms, so he was able to rescue people right under Li You's nose.

Li You then looked at Odin again and said, "So you are here to save people?"

Odin said: "Not entirely, I just want to see you."

"Young man, I know that you have many misunderstandings about me, Asgard, and the Aesir. My sons and grandchildren have also had conflicts with you. I must say that this is an unfortunate misunderstanding.

“I was actually very friendly towards you, but unfortunately, the people below couldn’t understand what I meant.

"If you don't mind, we can chat. I have a lot of topics I want to talk to you about."

Li You also raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Oh?"

(End of this chapter)