From the God of Lies to the Lord of All Worlds

Chapter 167 Mysterious Runes in the Glacier
"Professor Evans, please slow down!"

On the long glacier, the elderly professor was actually the one who walked the fastest of everyone.

Behind him, both the middle-aged doctoral supervisors and the young graduate students looked exhausted, unlike the vigorous old man in front of him.
“It’s not that I’m walking fast, it’s that you’re walking too slowly!” Torre stopped and turned around to say, “We need to cross the icebergs to get to the farthest volcano. If we don’t hurry, we’ll have to camp on the glacier tonight!”

Torre Evans, Professor of Structural Geology at ETH Zurich, is undoubtedly a leading figure in this field worldwide!

His reputation wasn't built on hype on the internet, but rather through countless steps taken and measured bit by bit across the world.

Although he is not the most prestigious professor of geology at ETH Zurich, he has the most practical experience of all of them, and even though he is almost 70 years old, he is still active on the front line of this kind of exploration!
Hearing the professor's words, even though everyone was exhausted, they could only grit their teeth and keep up.

They couldn't even utter a word of complaint, after all, the old professor was also carrying a large bag and an axe, and was walking ahead of them.

This man in his sixties walked faster than them; what could they say?

The only one in this group who didn't complain was Olafur Thorsen.

(In Nordic culture, their surname is the father's given name, just like Thor is called Odinsen, which means Odin's son - of course, in modern countries, only Iceland still follows this ancient custom.)

He carried a heavier burden than the others, walked at the back of the crowd, and silently observed his surroundings.

This was certainly not a case of group bullying, but rather a silent understanding between him and his teacher, Torre.

Olafur is a local; he even worked on ice glaciers before going to school in Switzerland. His strong heritage and adaptability made him Torre's best helper in the Arctic region.

Compared to the two of them, the others were like a bunch of green recruits. Olafel needed to make sure that nothing went wrong when these green recruits were walking on the glacier!
Therefore, he was always keeping an eye on everything around him, watching for any signs of glaciers, so that if any glaciers broke off, the people behind them wouldn't even know.

As he observed everything around him and gazed into the distance, a peculiar presence caught his attention!

That was somewhere on the glacier beneath their feet, shimmering with a peculiar light. It wasn't the reflection of the glacier, nor the reflection of any mineral or volcano, and Olafur knew this very well!

Then he shouted, "Professor Evans! Professor Evans!"

"Olavier?" Hearing his beloved student's voice, Torre turned around. "What did you find out?"

“Look over there, that’s the direction of the Lange Glacier, but not quite there yet, there’s a strange glare!” Olafel’s voice rang in everyone’s ears, causing them all to turn their heads.

At that very moment, a magnificent white light flashed on the glacier, drawing their attention!
“This is…a sight I’ve never seen before!” Torre’s eyes were filled with excitement. “Olavel, I remember there’s no danger in this direction, just permafrost and solid glaciers, right?”

They have been traveling here for many years, so they naturally know the terrain and landforms. In such a desolate and ancient place, anyone without experience would have long since turned into skeletons under the ice and snow or charred remains in the lava!

“Yes, Professor!” Olafel’s reply came as expected. “You want to change your destination?”

“Of course! You can go to the volcano anytime, but this luminous spectacle isn’t something you can see all the time!” The old professor had already put away his ice axe and taken out his skates. “Olavell and I will go down first, you guys follow!”

In a place like Iceland, where glaciers abound, ice skating is a great activity—of course, only for experienced skaters, and only suitable for midday, because accidents are more likely to happen in the morning or evening!

Torre and Olafur were among the best, and in almost a single leap, they had already glided off the ice, leaving a group of teachers and students with wry smiles.

They dared not slip away like that, so they could only walk towards that direction step by step.

Fortunately, the destination wasn't too far away. The group walked step by step to the target point and found the bright beacon left by Olafur at the bottom of the glacier.

Following the beacon, the group turned into this inconspicuous crevice of the glacier, and then saw an old man staring intently at the wall in front of him, as if possessed.

“Professor Evans…” A student stepped forward, about to ask something, but was stopped by Olafel, who said, “Stop shouting, he can’t hear you right now!” Hearing this, everyone realized that Torrey Evans was a well-known research fanatic in the academy. When he was engrossed in his research, he was completely oblivious to shouting, and even an earthquake would hardly wake him up.

"So what exactly is this place...?" the middle-aged professor asked, as a teacher he needed to find out the situation here.

“If I’m not mistaken, we should have arrived at a legendary Viking ruin!” Olafel said slowly, pointing to the stone wall in front of him. “The writing on this wall is runic, and the light we just saw came from it!”

"Runic?" Upon hearing this word, everyone looked up in surprise.

Before this period, many people might not have known what this script was.

However, the divine descent crisis in Sweden a week ago has made people all over the world rediscover this pantheon, and of course, has also made more people understand Norse-Germanic mythology.

Those of them who study geology naturally associate with people who study history and archaeology, and thus they come to know about runes or similar writing systems.

According to Icelandic legend, these are special characters that Odin obtained after hanging upside down over the Fountain of Wisdom for nine days. They contain magical power and even the secrets of ascending to godhood!
Thinking of this, many people's eyes lit up, and some even asked directly, "Glowing script, could it be that this is the real runes?"

"Could the script belonging to the Norse gods be imbued with mysterious power?"

Upon hearing this, many people couldn't help but take out their phones to record it.

Some people were even ready to post an "X" or something, when they heard a series of "click" sounds.

The sound was so crisp and continuous that Professor Torre couldn't help but turn his head, and then he saw a row of cell phones lying on the ground, smoking!

The phones were burned instantly during the filming process.

"Since you know this is something mysterious, why do you still think you can record it using non-mysterious methods?" Professor Torre asked, continuing to stare at the text with a cryptic expression.

The people whose phones were broken looked somewhat embarrassed, but most of them felt a unique mix of tension and joy!
Because this is not a bad thing, but a great thing!
At the cost of just a few mobile phones, they were able to test the true properties of these runes. The runes before them were genuine mystical runes, not the powerless characters found on the streets!

What this means couldn't be clearer!

They seemed very excited. Recently, mysterious and extraordinary stories have been circulating online, and now it seems that they have become participants in these stories as well!
The young students seemed even more excited because some busybodies on the internet had already listed all the extraordinary individuals who had ever appeared.

For example, there's Angus, the Bishop of Destiny, the Prophet, and the Agent of God; or Caroline, the Saintess and the Pure Sister bestowed by God; and of course, there's Ivan, the Divine Warrior and the Undying Warrior...

Some people have revealed their life stories, showing that before they became extraordinary, they were just ordinary people, which aroused more people's special thoughts.

Could it be that they are so powerful because of their extraordinary abilities? If they are lucky, could they also obtain such status and power?
If others can do it, why can't I?

Once this mentality emerges, it spreads like wildfire and becomes uncontrollable!
In the eyes of these young students, there is also a flame called "ambition" burning brightly!

However, at that moment, Torrey Evans suddenly became hoarse and began to mutter words that no one could understand:
"Great Odin! Mighty god!"

Please protect us from the suffering of the giant beast!
We will worship You and pay homage to You.
Until all the glaciers melt into the ocean!

After Torre finished reciting these things, the stone wall in front of them emitted an even brighter light.

Each word seems to come alive, possessing its own unique color!
The characters leaped up, transforming into exquisite patterns that merged into the stone wall. To everyone's astonishment and stunned gaze, the entire stone wall slowly opened...

P.S.: Ugh, I'm so weak from diarrhea, I'm a little slow today, sorry.
(End of this chapter)